Victor, Bene's selection was determined by 'questioning belonging'. Now that I think of it, I didn't mention Os Brahmanes, in English translation, one of the novels he includes. Good wishes Jeanne
On Fri, 21 Jun 2024, 03:14 The Goa Book Club, < [email protected]> wrote: > > From: [email protected] > > Jeanne, one of the books missing from that list is the novel "Tivolem", > which Milkweed published as a hardback in 1998; it deals with life in a > small fictitious village in Goa. *Booklist *said it was one of the twenty > best first novels of the several hundred that were published in the United > States that year. A headline in the Library Journal proclaimed, "Tivolem > rises to the top." If Benedetto somehow missed it, copies are still > available. > > Regards to all, > Victor > > > > On Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 14:38:27 UTC+5:30 Jeanne wrote: > >> Although I put off reading this scholarly article until later, I skimmed >> it to see what 'Goan fiction' in this Literary Atlas Bene has cited. More >> to the point, which of these books I've read. >> These are the works of fiction cited in the article. I might have missed >> some ... >> >> Savia Viegas, Let me tell you about Quinta >> MG Vassanji, The Book of Secrets >> Sunceta Peres da Costa, Homework >> Peter Nazareth, The General is Up; In a Brown Mantle (memoir) >> Johny Miranda, JVO: Requiem for the Living >> Paul Melo e Castro (ed), Lengthening Shadows >> Margaret Mascarenhas, Skin >> Violet Dias Lannoy, Pears from the Willow Tree >> Roanna Gonsalves, The Permanent Resident >> Jessica Faleiro, The Beginning (in Afterlife: Ghost stories from Goa) >> >> A fascinating selection, geared, no doubt to 'questioning belonging'. >> >> (Jeanne) >> Sa >> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM Albertina Almeida < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Sharing Benedito Ferra's essay in the MLA Book Tsaadi, titled "Goa on >>> the Literary Atlas Questioning Belonging" since he is not currently >>> subscribed to these fora. >>> >>> Albertina >>> >>> -- >>> *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CACbS_uQxa-mNDqsDFv6aG0SA_HSaeHnW7BnpWipDJSkcG1z3dw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CACbS_uQxa-mNDqsDFv6aG0SA_HSaeHnW7BnpWipDJSkcG1z3dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Goa Book Club" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/332c27a6-8c1f-42cb-a705-950bffd19a2an%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/332c27a6-8c1f-42cb-a705-950bffd19a2an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *** Please be polite and on-topic in your posts. *** --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Goa Book Club" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-book-club/CA%2BcjhjhhSFgz-p0wm0sE%3DqxCJQZQk-8APjfpeqtY3GGCB-vmPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
