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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 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
>
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