by Wenceslau de Moraes · Ediciones del Viento, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493555191
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In the late 19th century, the young Portuguese naval officer Wenceslau de Moraes disembarks in Macau (China) and is assigned to the port's captaincy. This book tells the story of two young Japanese women, Ó-Yoné and Ko-Haru, in a context of exoticism and cultural discovery. The work explores human relationships and cultural differences through the eyes of a foreigner in distant lands.
Wenceslau José de Souza de Moraes, in modern orthography Venceslau José de Sousa de Morais, was a Portuguese writer whose works were steeped in orientalism and exoticism, particularly the culture of Japan. He has been compared to Lafcadio Hearn, a contemporary who settled in Japan but wrote in English. A translator of Haiku, his verse was also influenced by Symbolism.
