The Wind Whistling in the Cranes
A Novel
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Cassandra Campbell
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This breathtaking saga, set in the 1990s, tells the story of the landlords and tenants of a derelict canning factory in Southern Portugal. The wealthy, always-scheming Leandros have owned the building since before the Carnation Revolution, a peaceful coup that toppled a four-decade-long dictatorship and led to Portugal's withdrawal from its African colonies. It was Leandro matriarch Dona Regina who handed the keys to the Matas, the bustling family from Cape Verde who saw past the dusty machinery and converted the space into a warm - and welcoming - home.
When Dona Regina is found dead outside the factory on a holiday weekend, her granddaughter, Milene, investigates. Aware that her aunts and uncles, who are off on vacation, will berate her inability to articulate what has just happened, she approaches the factory riddled with anxiety. Hours later, the Matas return home to find this strange girl hiding behind their clotheslines, and with caution, they take her in...
Days later, the Leandros realize that Milene has become hopelessly entangled with their tenants, and their fear of political and financial ruin sets off a series of events that threatens to uproot the lives of everyone involved.
©2002 Lidia Jorge and Publicações Dom Quixote. By arrangement with Literarische Agentur Mertin Inh. Nicole Witt e. K., Frankfurt am Main, Germany (P)2022 TantorWhat listeners say about The Wind Whistling in the Cranes
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- Anonymous User
- 12-10-2024
Bewildering at first
Took a long time for me to get into this novel but turned out great and glad I didn’t give up. Probably because I am unfamiliar with Portuguese culture I wasn’t able to decode things that might be obvious to a Portuguese reader. Eventually it fell into place. Don’t want to say too much because the unfolding is exceptionally accomplished. It is an insight into several fault lines in the fabric of Portuguese society demonstrated through the encounters between two families that revolves around one intriguing protagonist. If you decide to read/listen to this novel don’t let anyone tell you much about it.
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