Ant¿nio Lobo Antunes¿s twenty-fifth novel, Commission of Tears (2011, Comiss¿das L¿imas) is set during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002). Angola attained official independence on November 11, 1975 and, while the stage was set for transition, a combination of ethnic tensions and international pressures rendered Angola¿s hard-won victory problematic. As with many post-colonial states, Angola was left with both economic and social difficulties which translated into a power struggle between the three predominant liberation movements. The People¿s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), formed in December of 1956 as an offshoot of the Angolan Communist Party, had as its support base the Ambundu people and was largely supported by other African countries, Cuba, and the Soviet Union.<br>In this novel, Lobo Antunes delves into this traumatic period of Angola''s history through the fragmented memories and dreams of a broken woman. The author drew from the story of the commander of the fem
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Lobo Antunes omfangsrike roman Fado Alexandrino anses å være den viktigste litterære skildringen av kolonialismens herjinger i Afrika siden Joseph Conrads Mørkets hjerte. <br/> <br/>Ti år etter at Portugals kolonikrig i Afrika er over,...
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<b>Set in the aftermath of the ¿Carnation Revolution¿ of April 25, 1974, Antonio Lobo Antunes¿s <i>Warning to the Crocodiles</i> is a fragmented narrative of the violent tensions resulting from major political changes in Portugal.</b></p><p>...
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Contains the official records of the International Law Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider...
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Tears of Joy-serien fra Kosta Boda er en dekorasjon i ordets beste forstand. Uansett om du ser den som en skulpturell plate, en symbolsk tolkning eller som glitrende tårer, vil den forbedre sitt miljø uansett hvor du velger å plassere den. Designet...
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