Joao Cerqueira
Autor(a) de The Tragedy of Fidel Castro
About the Author
Obras de Joao Cerqueira
Perestroika: An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth 1 exemplar(es)
Perestroika 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1964
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Portugal
- Local de nascimento
- Porto, Portugal
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Membros
- 42
- Popularidade
- #357,757
- Avaliação
- 3.4
- Resenhas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 14
- Idiomas
- 3
Cerqueira paints a vivid, if terrifying picture of a brutal regime and the characters who struggle against it are drawn with great pathos. He manages to render even the most odious, self-serving among them as vulnerable, human. The author expertly weaves each narrative into a tense fabric of despair and asks, finally, if there is any redemption in revenge or is true forgiveness the only way to peace, both for individuals and a nation.
A surprise plot twist ties each of the separate, yet intersecting lives of the main characters together in a beautifully poetic way. Readers of political intrigues and Cold War dramas will enjoy this.… (mais)