The Azorean Slave
In the year of our Lord 1873, the world belongs to the men who spit on the ground. Driven to leave, Rosário hides herself in an enormous black cloak and hood, like most women. She is an irreverent, rebellious teenager who defies all male conventions: she steals, runs barefoot, fights with her fists, and even kisses in public. At the end of the day, she reads Camilo and prays the rosary with her mother.
The Adjacent Islands are a mixture of charm and scarcity, far from the Kingdom and the promises of the Crown. Brazilian recruiters entice the Azoreans to travel to the Empire with promises of wealth. Rosário's family gives up everything they own and embarks into the darkness.
But the voyage on the ship is calamitous, a throng of people mired in their own filth, and the arrival in Rio de Janeiro presents unexpected challenges. Rosário lives like a slave and sees her future slip away. She loses her way, her virginity, and her hope. She needs to fight back, but that means becoming a completely different person.
Publisher: Culture
ISBN: 9789899096752
Binding: capa mole
Pages: 224
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