Joao Cerqueira
Auteur de The Tragedy of Fidel Castro
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Joao Cerqueira
Perestroika - An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth 1 exemplaire
Perestroika: An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth 1 exemplaire
Perestroika 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1964
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Portugal
- Lieu de naissance
- Porto, Portugal
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 42
- Popularité
- #357,757
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 13
- Langues
- 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.… (plus d'informations)