by José Manuel Fajardo · Quetzal · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789725649251
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«O meu nome é Jamaica» is the historical intrigue novel by José Manuel Fajardo, published by Quetzal in paperback (328 pages, in Portuguese).
The plot moves between the 17th century and the present, with settings in Israel, Paris and Granada. After his son's death, Santiago Borní insists in an unknown language that his name is Jamaica. His search connects a dark episode of the conquest of America with the past of Spanish conversos.
The work, whose original title is «Mi nombre es Jamaica», received the Prix Alberto-Benveniste; this Portuguese edition appeared in 2011.
For readers of historical and intrigue fiction, with an interest in memory, identity and the history of the conversos.
