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Pepetela


Born
in Benguela, Angola
January 01, 1941


Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos is a major Angolan writer of fiction. He writes under the name Pepetela.

A white Angolan, Pepetela fought as a member of the MPLA in the long guerrilla war for Angola's independence. Much of his writing deals with Angola's political history in the 20th century. Mayombe, for example, is a novel that portrays the lives of a group of MPLA guerrillas who are involved in the anti-colonial struggle, Yaka follows the lives of members of a white settler family in the coastal town of Benguela, and A Geração da Utopia reveals the disillusionment of young Angolans during the post-independence period. Pepetela has also written about Angola's earlier history in A Gloriosa Família and Lueji, and has expanded into s ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 8,022 ratings · 568 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors
Mayombe
4.20 avg rating — 2,494 ratings — published 1980 — 23 editions
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O Planalto e a Estepe
3.99 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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A Geração da Utopia
4.29 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions
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A Montanha da Água Lilás
3.85 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions
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O Quase Fim do Mundo
3.91 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions
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Parábola do Cágado Velho
3.84 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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Predadores
4.14 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions
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As Aventuras de Ngunga
3.91 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1972 — 13 editions
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The Return of the Water Spi...
3.68 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1995 — 15 editions
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“Trago em mim o inconciliável e é este o meu motor.”
― Pepetela, Mayombe
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“É isso o amor. Manter a ternura pelo mesmo homem, embora se deseje outros a momentos diferentes.”
― Pepetela, Mayombe
tags: amor, desejo, ternura
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“A dor faz-nos cruéis, A dor muito prolongada faz-nos cruéis e indiferentes à crueldade, o que é ainda pior.”
― Pepetela, O Planalto e a Estepe
tags: crueldade, dor, indiferença
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