{"product_id":"the-republic-of-dreams-by-nelida-pinon","title":"'The Republic of Dreams' by Nélida Piñon","description":"\u003ch4\u003eA vast family novel about immigration, inheritance and belonging.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNélida Piñon begins with the death of Eulália, matriarch of the Madruga family, then moves backwards and sideways through nearly a century of memory. From Galicia to Brazil, from poverty to wealth, from the intimacy of family mythology to the larger inventions of nation and class. At its centre is Madruga, a Galician immigrant whose rise in Rio de Janeiro produces both a dynasty and a private empire of resentment, loyalty, ambition and debt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Portuguese as \u003cem\u003eA República dos Sonhos\u003c\/em\u003e in 1984, the novel was translated into English by Helen Lane. It is enormous, digressive and properly novelistic: immigration saga, family chronicle and meditation on the imaginative machinery by which people turn experience into lineage. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePicador, London, 1994. First UK edition. Paperback. Light rubbing and shelf wear to covers and edges, with minor creasing and corner wear visible. Pages lightly age-toned but clean; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44556780077139,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext_61.png?v=1777624015","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-republic-of-dreams-by-nelida-pinon","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}