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Twelve stories on Portuguese-Americans. They include the magic-realism tale, The Remains of Princess Kailuani's Garden, on a laundry woman who brings luck to people wearing the clothes she ironed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaz, Katherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Portuguese.
FICTION > General.
Portuguese > United States > Fiction.
United States.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Original sin
  • The birth of water stories
  • My hunt for King Sebastião
  • Math bending unto angels
  • Undressing the vanity dolls
  • Island fever
  • The journey of the eyeball
  • Still life
  • Fado
  • The remains of Princess Kaiulani's garden
  • Add blue to make white whiter
  • How to grow orchids without grounds: a manual.

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