by Lídia Jorge · METAILIE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782864244950
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«Le vent qui siffle dans les grues» is the novel by Lídia Jorge, published by Métailié in paperback (439 pages, in French).
The novel follows Milena Leandro, a young woman with an innocent gaze who lives in the Algarve, between a family arrived from Africa, clinging to its privileges, and a Cape Verdean community where music permeates everything. Her encounter with that world in transformation leads to an impossible love, a crime, and a betrayal sealed by silence.
Translation from Portuguese by Geneviève Leibrich. Belongs to the 'Bibliothèque portugaise' collection. Winner of the Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela APE/IPLB.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and translated Portuguese narrative, with an interest in social and family portraits.
Lídia Jorge is a prominent Portuguese novelist and author whose work is representative of a recent style of Portuguese writing, the so-called "Post Revolution Generation".
