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02169aam a2200313Ii 4500 001 9AACCB9A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 181012t20182018enk 000 j eng d 020 $a 1910213691 020 $a 9781910213698 035 $a (OCoLC)1060597021 040 $a TOH $b eng $e rda $c TOH $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CUV $d YDXIT $d IUL $d OCLCO $d NDD $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h por 050 4 $a PQ9188 E8 T35x 2018 100 1 $a Costa, Margaret Jull. 245 00 $a Take six : $b six Portuguese women writers / $c edited by Margaret Jull Costa. 264 1 $a Sawtry, Cambs : $b Dedalus, $c 2018. 300 $a 251 pages ; $c 20 cm 500 $a Authors: Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Maria Judite de Carvalho, Agustina Bessa-LuiÌs, Teolinda GersaÌo, LiÌdia Jorge, HeÌlia Correia. 546 $a Translated from Portuguese. 520 $a "Take Six is a celebration of six remarkable Portuguese women writers: Sohpia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Agustina Bessa-LuiÌs, Maria Judite de Carvalho, HeÌlia Correia, Teolinda GersaÌo and LiÌdia Jorge. They are all past mistresses of the short story form, and their subject matter ranges from finding one's inner fox to a failed suicide attempt to a grandmother and grandson battling the wind on a beach. Stories and styles are all very different, but what the writers have in common is their ability to take everyday life and look at it afresh, so that even a trip on a ferry or an encounter with a stranger or a child's attempt to please her father become imbued with mystery and humour and sometimes tragedy. Relatively few women writers are translated into English, and this anthology is an attempt to rectify that imbalance and to introduce readers to some truly captivating tales from Portugal"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Short stories, Portuguese $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a Short stories, Portuguese $x Women authors $v Translations into English. 700 1 $a Costa, Margaret Jull, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502031724.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9AACCB9A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search