Alentejo blue : fiction / Monica Ali.
This is the story of a village in Portugal, told through the lives of men and women whose families have lived there for generations and some who are passing through. For Teresa, a beautiful girl not yet twenty, Mamarrosa is a place from which to escape. For the dysfunctional Potts family, it is a way of running from trouble. Vasco, a café owner who has never recovered from the death of his American wife, clings to a notion that his years away from the village, in the States, make him superior. One English tourist fantasizes about making a new life here; for her compatriots, a young engaged couple, this is where their dreams fall apart. The village awaits the homecoming of its prodigal son, now a symbol of the fast-changing world. When he finally returns, villagers, tourists, and expatriates are brought together, and their jealousies and disappointments inevitably collide.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780743293037
- ISBN: 0743293037
- Physical Description: 226 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Scribner edition
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2006]
- Copyright: ©2006
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| Subject: | Portugal > Social life and customs > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Ali (Text) | 31010000096794 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Ali, Monica (Text) | 0112514760035 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Louisburg - Main Branch | F/Ali (Text) | 20169701 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | FIC Ali, Monica (Text) | 0112515405002 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Wilkes County Public Library | F ALI (Text) | 50501011885585 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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