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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To sponsor Goanet operations, contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ How true! Did not realize these were all women... Though I cannot resist but adding that my favourite writer of Goan origin remains male;) (Victor Rangel-Ribeiro) Interestingly the new anthology of Goan writing, (Jerry Pinto's latest offering) reflects this mix with writers including Maria Aurora Couto, Sonia Faleiro and Eunice D'Souza On 1/17/07, Frederick FN Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Aloke Fernandes <alokefer at gmail.com> sent me these inputs: > > Am a regular reader of your blogs and posts on various goa-linked > forums.In response to an old query posted by you on Goacom [I guess he > means Goanet.org --FN] -- on notification of new goan authors, below > are two recent releases, both by Goans, and both based in part on > fictional villages in Goa > > * Nandita da Cunha.Novel: The Magic of Maya. Info > at http://nanditadacunha.blogspot.com > * Sonia Faleiro,Novel: The Girl,Info at > http://soniafaleiro.blogspot.com > > There are also short stories (again based on Goa) by Nisha da Cunha, > and a non fictional account by Maria Aurora Couto but I do not have a > link to that. I have read and enjoyed all these books, especially the > short stories by Nisha (the only non-Goan in the list above!) ... most > of which however have a darker side to them. You could update your > database/ reviews section with any of these if you like. Do let me > know if this is of any use. > > Thanks so much Aloke. Your post (though I knew these names, fiction > doesn't interest me as much as non-fiction....) suddenly drew my > attention to the fact that in our, patriarchal, Goan society, women > writers are fairly well well represented. As it happens, I kept up > till late last night, reading some chapters of Imelda Dias' How Long > Is Forever? An Autobiography of a Woman Ahead of her Times. > > technorati tags:goa, womenwriters, feedback > Blogged with Flock > posted by fredericknoronha @ 1:37 PM 0 comments > > -- > FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST please) > http://fn.goa-india.org http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070117/4d8b0f98/attachment.htm