Ebook {Epub PDF} The Last Will Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida

The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo is the predecessor of the great novel My Poet (“O meu poeta”). Almeida’s third novel is entitled The Fantastic Island (“A ilha fantástica”) and in he published The Two Brothers (“Os dois irmãos”), a gripping story about a case of fratricide.  · It’s a discouraging sign of the state of translated literature in this country that The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo by Germano Almeida arrived here only after appearing in Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish translations. The English translation from the original Portuguese is by Sheila Faria Glaser, and in a nice touch she is credited on the cover.  · The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo ()Germano Almeida. As continental Africans we tend to “forget” the inclusion in its territorial circumference of several island states adjacent to the main land mass, the small multi-island state of Cape Verde in which the present African Library entry text is set being one of them. The author, Germano Almeida is a lawyer who practises Estimated Reading Time: 15 mins.

The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo. Germano Almeida. Denmark. The Year of Living Danishly. Helen Russell. Latvia. With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows. Germano Almeida () - Lawyer, attorney general of Cape Verde - Prolific novelist, whose best known book available in English translation is The Last Will Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo () Vera Duarte () - Cabo Verdean human rights activist, government minister and politician - Poet, essayist and novelist. The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo: Germano Almeida On August 8, By suroor alikhan In Books in translation, Fiction, The reading challenge Translated from Portuguese by Sylvia Glaser.

The Last Will and Testament of Senhor Da Silva Araujo Germano Almeida, Author, Sheila Glaser, Translator New Directions Publishing Corporation $ (p) ISBN Buy this book. Cape Verde: The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo, by Germano Almeida. I knew little about the Cape Verde Islands before reading this book, apart from the fact that I have a CD of songs by the "barefoot diva" Cesaria Evora, who comes from there. It turns out that the islands are somewhat different to the rest of Africa. The Last Will Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo. New Directions is proud to introduce the masterwork of Cape Verde's greatest living writer, Germano Almeida: an ironic and original tragic-comedy from a new voice in African literature. Everyone in Cape Verde knows Señor da Silva. Successful entrepreneur, owner of the island's first automobile, a most serious, upright, and self-made businessman, Señor da Silva is the local.