Typically, while in Rio subway transit, I try to read as much as possible to make the time fly faster. My latest read was Um estranho em Goa, about a foreigner that travels to Goa, India in search of personal questions about a certain character and to get to know the essence of its people and streets.
When one thinks of India, what are the first things to pop into your head: Bollywood, curry, bright colors, Slumdog Millionaire, Hinduism, the Ganges, and English occupation? The India that we find this this novel, Goa, is an India formerly colonized by the Portuguese, replete with its customs and even language. It is a short read full of vivid details that paints a portrait of Goa post-Portuguese rule and transports you to this different mixed world of traditions and people. Many have still retained their Portuguese and the customs left behind by their occupants. I recommend this book as a light summer or subway read, as I did, to inspire creativity, travel, and world knowledge.
When one thinks of India, what are the first things to pop into your head: Bollywood, curry, bright colors, Slumdog Millionaire, Hinduism, the Ganges, and English occupation? The India that we find this this novel, Goa, is an India formerly colonized by the Portuguese, replete with its customs and even language. It is a short read full of vivid details that paints a portrait of Goa post-Portuguese rule and transports you to this different mixed world of traditions and people. Many have still retained their Portuguese and the customs left behind by their occupants. I recommend this book as a light summer or subway read, as I did, to inspire creativity, travel, and world knowledge.
