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Miguel Sousa Tavares

Paperback | Pages: 384 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 5475 Users | 229 Reviews

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Title	:	Equator
Author	:	Miguel Sousa Tavares
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	(first published 2003)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Portugal. European Literature. Portuguese Literature

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It is 1905 and Luis Bernardo Valenca, a thirty-seven-year-old bachelor and owner of a small shipping company, is revelling in Lisbon’s grand and luxurious high society. But his life is turned upside down when King Dom Carlos invites him to become governor of Portugal’s smallest colony, the island of São Tomé e Principe. Luis Bernardo is ill-prepared for the challenges of plantation life – used to a softer urban existence, he is shocked by the conditions under which the workers labour. But with the English closing in on São Tomé’s cocoa plantations, the island’s main means of survival, Luis Bernardo must endeavour to protect the island and its community.

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Original Title:	Equador
ISBN:	202066951X (ISBN13: 9782020669511)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Luís Bernardo Valença
Literary Awards:	Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (2006)

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Sousa Tavares is a very good descriptive writer, a keen observer of nature and society, who manages to convey the light and dark of Santo Tomé without falling into the (to me mightily annoying) traps of costumbrism. Emotions are his weakness, though: the passion between Luis and his beloved felt flat and unbelievable.Still an enjoyable book and a worth read for its human portrait of colonialism in the early XX century.

Beautifully written book. Characters are well constructed, the story flows wrapping the reader in sensuous descriptions until the surprising end. I loved the book.



So so book about the end of colonialism in africa by a minor player in portugals elite. Fantastic setting, not so great for character depth. Still, a noble effort but can stretch belief at points.

My favourite Portuguese book. A beautiful romance between Portugal and the former African colonies.

Another good book. Gives na insight (even when some say that the historical events aren't correct) of how life was in the colonies. Enjoyed the end, wasn't expecting.

The author evidently did a lot of research about the political situation in Sao Tome in the early 1900's, which was evident. But, the story itself was a really boring, obvious romance. Blah.