Published in 2002, the novel deals with social and political issues, highlighting moments of racism, intolerance and xenophobia. Set in Valmares, a fictional village in the Algarve, it tells the story of Milena Leandro, a 34-year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia who observes the world like a child. While her family is on holiday, Milena decides to host a group of Cape Verdean immigrants in the family’s old canning factory.
The book received the Grand Prize for Novels and Short Stories from the Portuguese Writers’ Association (2002), the Correntes d’Escritas/Casino da Póvoa Prize (2004), the Public Prize of the European Literary Salon in Cognac (2005) and the Albatroz Literary Prize from the Günter Grass Foundation (2005).
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