Happy people in tears
Subtitle: a novel
By: João de Melo ; preface by Onésimo T. Almeida ; translated by Elizabeth Lowe with Deolinda Adão
Contributors: Almeida, Onésimo Teotónio, writer of preface; Lowe, Elizabeth, 1947- translator; Adâo, Deolinda, translator
Series: Portuguese in the Americas series -- 23
Publisher: Tagus Press / UMass Dartmouth
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Dartmouth, Massachussetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781933227641
Subjects: Azoreans; Fiction; Portuguese; Immigrant families
Work titles: Gente feliz com lágrimas
Description: "This is perhaps the most important Portuguese Language novel written on the theme of Immigration. It follows the joys and pains, triumphs, and tragedies of an Azorean family's search for a better life in Canada and their changing relationship to the place of their birth and those left behind" --
Notes: Originally published in Portuguese (Lisboa : Publicações Dom Quixote : Círculo de Leitores, 1988).
Table of contents: title: Preface, or a short introduction to an unknown world / Onésimo T. Almeida; title: Translating diaspora: the polyphonic novel of João de Melo /  Elizabeth Lowe; title: Book one: The time when we were all together; title: Book two: Third person singular; title: Book three: Mama's last breath; title: Book four: The other version of Marta; title: Book five: The invisible return; title: Book zero: Wise happiness.