The Crossing: A Story of East Timor
East Timor hit the world's newspaper headlines in August 1999 after its bloody, brave vote for independence from Indonesia — one of the great expressions of a people's democratic spirit. Exquisitely crafted and evocative, Luis Cardoso's personal history of his homeland takes as its central...
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East Timor hit the world's newspaper headlines in August 1999 after its bloody, brave vote for independence from Indonesia — one of the great expressions of a people's democratic spirit. Exquisitely crafted and evocative, Luis Cardoso's personal history of his homeland takes as its central image a crossing — from child to adult, Portuguese to Timorese, tolerance to repression, colonialism to independence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781862074354 (1862074356)
Publish date: January 1st 2002
Publisher: Granta UK
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
This book’s chief merit is that it is set in East Timor. If, like me, you are doing a world books challenge, or if you have a particular interest in that country, that is not inconsequential, because there are very few options. Unfortunately, there’s nothing about its content or style to recommend i...
Timor-Leste.Despite an explanatory introduction, I found this somewhat hard to follow. Cardoso's language is at times lyrical and nuanced, but the narrative slid around a bit and I'd suddenly find myself reading about a new topic without realizing that the focus had shifted. Cardoso's tone is dreamy...
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