Raizes & Ramos - Manuel Rosário de Fátima
According to the author, this book revisits local themes and Cape Verdean culture, which is dominated by a trend towards diversity of themes and narrative styles in the current literary context. "Raízes e Ramos is a historical novel, in the sense that it interweaves fiction and historical facts through the saga of the Ramos family, the island of Santo Antão and S. Vicente, in the period between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century", he reveals.
For Manuel Rosário de Fátima, this book encompasses a whole series of short stories about the daily lives of the rural people of Garça and the surrounding area, which together form an interpretative framework of the origins of the roots that were planted on the island, in inhospitable areas or not, of the identity of the people of Santo Antão, in what has mainly characterized it, an attitude, based on dignity, of always being ready to resist adverse factors and to start over.
The novel is divided into 30 chapters dedicated to Maria Alves Ramos, Pedro Adriana, Teodora Lima Ramos, and other members of the author's family. Readers are initially introduced to Nhô Isê, the central character, upon her death in Fundas. "In flashback, all the other characters who were part of Nhô Isê's life and saga are presented, his daily hard work in the fields, his gains and setbacks, but more than that, his relationship with the land and his family," reads the synopsis, also highlighting the female characters, Nhô Mari d'Sonte and a list of people.
As a metaphor for the love affair between the man from Santanton and the island's identity matrix and construction, the narrative is divided between the points of view of an omniscient narrator who delegates this task to his characters, in a well-crafted interweaving of discourses. "These speeches, as a whole, characterize the characters and their rural and island origins, alternating between direct, indirect, and semi-direct, using Creole and Cape Verdean Portuguese," points out the author.
According to the author, this book revisits local themes and Cape Verdean culture, which is dominated by a trend towards diversity of themes and narrative styles in the current literary context. "Raízes e Ramos is a historical novel, in the sense that it interweaves fiction and historical facts through the saga of the Ramos family, the island of Santo Antão and S. Vicente, in the period between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century", he reveals.
For Manuel Rosário de Fátima, this book encompasses a whole series of short stories about the daily lives of the rural people of Garça and the surrounding area, which together form an interpretative framework of the origins of the roots that were planted on the island, in inhospitable areas or not, of the identity of the people of Santo Antão, in what has mainly characterized it, an attitude, based on dignity, of always being ready to resist adverse factors and to start over.
The novel is divided into 30 chapters dedicated to Maria Alves Ramos, Pedro Adriana, Teodora Lima Ramos, and other members of the author's family. Readers are initially introduced to Nhô Isê, the central character, upon her death in Fundas. "In flashback, all the other characters who were part of Nhô Isê's life and saga are presented, his daily hard work in the fields, his gains and setbacks, but more than that, his relationship with the land and his family," reads the synopsis, also highlighting the female characters, Nhô Mari d'Sonte and a list of people.
As a metaphor for the love affair between the man from Santanton and the island's identity matrix and construction, the narrative is divided between the points of view of an omniscient narrator who delegates this task to his characters, in a well-crafted interweaving of discourses. "These speeches, as a whole, characterize the characters and their rural and island origins, alternating between direct, indirect, and semi-direct, using Creole and Cape Verdean Portuguese," points out the author.
According to the author, this book revisits local themes and Cape Verdean culture, which is dominated by a trend towards diversity of themes and narrative styles in the current literary context. "Raízes e Ramos is a historical novel, in the sense that it interweaves fiction and historical facts through the saga of the Ramos family, the island of Santo Antão and S. Vicente, in the period between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century", he reveals.
For Manuel Rosário de Fátima, this book encompasses a whole series of short stories about the daily lives of the rural people of Garça and the surrounding area, which together form an interpretative framework of the origins of the roots that were planted on the island, in inhospitable areas or not, of the identity of the people of Santo Antão, in what has mainly characterized it, an attitude, based on dignity, of always being ready to resist adverse factors and to start over.
The novel is divided into 30 chapters dedicated to Maria Alves Ramos, Pedro Adriana, Teodora Lima Ramos, and other members of the author's family. Readers are initially introduced to Nhô Isê, the central character, upon her death in Fundas. "In flashback, all the other characters who were part of Nhô Isê's life and saga are presented, his daily hard work in the fields, his gains and setbacks, but more than that, his relationship with the land and his family," reads the synopsis, also highlighting the female characters, Nhô Mari d'Sonte and a list of people.
As a metaphor for the love affair between the man from Santanton and the island's identity matrix and construction, the narrative is divided between the points of view of an omniscient narrator who delegates this task to his characters, in a well-crafted interweaving of discourses. "These speeches, as a whole, characterize the characters and their rural and island origins, alternating between direct, indirect, and semi-direct, using Creole and Cape Verdean Portuguese," points out the author.
Publishing: Manuel do Rosário de Fátima
Year: 2022
Idiom: Portuguese