Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Word Tree
    Unavailable
    The Word Tree
    Unavailable
    The Word Tree
    Ebook230 pages4 hours

    The Word Tree

    By Teolinda Gersao and Margaret Jull Costa

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this ebook

    Teolinda Gersão paints an extraordinarily evocative picture of childhood in Africa and the stark contrast between warm, lush, ebullient Mozambique and the bleak, poor, priggish Portugal of Salazar.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDedalus
    Release dateFeb 5, 2013
    ISBN9781909232570
    Unavailable
    The Word Tree

    Read more from Teolinda Gersao

    Related to The Word Tree

    Related ebooks

    General Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Writing Family History

      Dec 15, 2021

      Writing Family History
      5 min read

    • Article

      The Lighter Side of Dan Chaon

      Apr 11, 2022

      I had a dystopian idea in the beginning, and in the end the dystopia caught up with me. The post The Lighter Side of Dan Chaon appeared first on The Millions.

      4 min read

    • Article

      'Border' Is a Touching Meditation on Lives Shaped by Geographic Boundaries

      Sep 11, 2017

      After 25 years away, memoirist Kapka Kassabova returns to her childhood home where Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey intersect.

      3 min read

    • Article

      How We Made An Angel At My Table

      Oct 11, 2020

      Jane Campion read To the Is-land in 1982 while a film student in Sydney. Her mother, Edith, sent her a copy. She’d loved Frame’s books since reading Owls Do Cry as a teenager. She cried. She had an idea. Back in New Zealand for Christmas, she asked h

      8 min read

    • Article

      Mexico City

      Jun 3, 2021

      Mexico City
      2 min read

    • Article

      The 100 Must-read Books Of 2020

      Nov 20, 2020

      The 100 Must-read Books Of 2020
      13 min read

    • Article

      She’s No Saint

      Jul 3, 2022

      She’s No Saint
      2 min read

    • Article

      A Sunken White Elephant

      Jan 21, 2020

      THERE’S a brilliant documentary by Werner Herzog, called Encounters at the End of the World. This beautifully filmed expedition essentially explores not only Antarctica, but also the people who live and work there. They’re a fascinating bunch of pers

      3 min read

    • Article

      Books

      Sep 5, 2022

      Books
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Bluff Stuff

      Mar 7, 2021

      The Bluff Stuff
      2 min read

    • Article

      Two Sides To A Story: Why Feminist Retellings Are Filling Our Bookshelves

      Mar 24, 2023

      From Circe to Medusa via Persephone, Electra and the women of Troy, it seems there are few characters from Greek mythology left who haven’t been the subject of a feminist retelling in recent years. This year, the world of such reimaginings is expandi

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Max Porter

      Dec 6, 2019

      I would have been lost this year (as any other) without poetry to cling to and travel with. The post A Year in Reading: Max Porter appeared first on The Millions.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Welcome To Britain. Now What?

      Apr 1, 2022

      Welcome To Britain. Now What?
      17 min read

    • Article

      José Donoso Saw the Future of Latin American Literature

      Nov 21, 2023

      American readers have largely forgotten the single greatest writer to come from the Latin American Boom: Chilean novelist José Donoso. The post José Donoso Saw the Future of Latin American Literature appeared first on The Millions.

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Smoke of the Land Went Up

      Mar 4, 2024

      The Smoke of the Land Went Up
      11 min read

    • Article

      Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Mahmoud, Davidson, and More

      Oct 26, 2021

      Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Doma Mahmoud, Craig Davidson, and more—that are publishing this week. The post Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Mahmoud, Davidson, and More appeared first on The Millions.

      3 min read

    • Article

      A Perilous Crossing

      Mar 2, 2023

      A Perilous Crossing
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Books Briefing: The Best Books to Get Lost in This Summer

      Jul 9, 2021

      Memoirs and novels that satisfy the urge for high drama: Your weekly guide to the best in books

      3 min read

    Reviews for The Word Tree

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words