Barnacle Love - by Anthony De Sa (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Shortlisted for the 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize. At the heart of this collection of intimately linked stories is the relationship between a father and his son--and both the promise and the disappointment inherent in the choices made by the father and the expectations placed on the son.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"Immense emotional and truthful power."-- Colm Tóibín, author of <i>Nora Webster</i></b> <p/> Anthony De Sa makes his fiction debut with this stunning collection of interlinked stories that explore the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. Hailed as "tender and raw, morbid and surprisingly gentle" by the <i>Vancouver Sun</i>, <i>Barnacle Love</i> was a finalist for Canada's highly prestigious Giller Prize. <p/> Moving from a small Portuguese fishing village in the Azores to the shores of Newfoundland, <i>Barnacle Love</i> then takes us into the dark alleys of Toronto's Portuguese community in the 1970s. The first half of the book is told by Manuel Rebelo, who has fled his homeland--and the crushing weight of his mother's expectations--to build a future for himself in a new land. Manuel struggles hard to adjust, but fulfilling the promise of his adopted home is not as simple as he had hoped. The second half of the book is told with candor by Manuel's son Antonio, who--along with his sister and mother--lives in the shadows cast by Manuel's failures. <p/> With fantastic, sometimes magical details and passionate empathy, Anthony De Sa invites readers into the lives of the Rebelo family. The results are, in the words of writer Nino Ricci, "haunting and elegiac."<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>These beautifully connected stories follow Manuel from Sao Miguel, one of the tiny islands in the Portuguese Azores, to Toronto where he goes to seek a better life for himself. --<i>The Boston Globe</i><br><br><br>"A moving and engaging read, its memorable images and heart's woes sometimes visceral in their power."<br>
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