The Utopian Generation [electronic resource]
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Lisbon 1961. Aware that the secret police are watching them, four young Angolans
discuss their plans for a utopian homeland free from Portuguese rule. When war
breaks out, they flee to France and must decide whether they will return home to
join the fight. Two remain in exile and two return to Angola to become guerilla
fighters, barely escaping capture over the course of the brutal fourteen-year
war. Reunited in the capital of Luanda, the old friends face independence with
their confidence shaken and struggle to build a new society free of the
corruption and violence of colonial rule.
Pepetela, a former revolutionary guerilla fighter and Angolan government
minister, is the author of more than twenty novels that have won prizes in
Africa, Europe, and South America. The Utopian Generation is widely considered
in the Portuguese-speaking world an essential novel of African
deco...
Main title:
The Utopian Generation [electronic resource] / Pepetela
Author:
Pepetela, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Biblioasis, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781771965804
Language:
English
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BRN:
534180
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