A novel of the modern immigrant experience
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Samples of acclaim for the novel and its author:
Emanuel Félix:
“Incontestable stylistic virtuosity.”
Teresa Ascencao:
"Honest and inspirational insight."
Luíz Antônio de Assis Brasil:
“It's time to proclaim: Álamo Oliveira is a great writer.”
Francisco Cota Fagundes:
“Important and well-informed literary work.”
Vamberto Freitas:
“He is one of our most conscious and aware men of letters.”
Elemar Ghisleni:
“An incomparable work.”
Ivo Machado:
“A miraculous kind of writing... a novel of constant drama.”
Lúcia Helena Ribeiro:
“A brilliant text.”
Gabriela Silva:
"In Álamo Oliveira the Azores have a great treasure."
Clarke L. Thomas:
"Avoids the usual sentiment... yet touches the heart."
Serdar Tumgoren:
"A timely story about an immigrant's dream."
Read also commentaries on the novel by author Álamo Oliveira and translator Diniz Borges.
Álamo Oliveira and friends
celebrate the 30th anniversary of
April 25th
(Portugal's Carnation Revolution) and freedom of expression at a special
conference at the University of California-Berkeley (news coverage
courtesy Mundo Português), and at
Tulare's Festa do
Emigrante. Plus, read two
poems
by Álamo in honor of April 25th.
“All of you know how much we love America. So many of our own have gone there and they send back gold eagle coins, clothing, candy, bubblegum and chocolates to us,” [Father Meneses preached]... José Silva would listen to this laundry-list of prosperity and fixate on the chocolates. He loved American chocolates, yet ironically he had never eaten one. He could only imagine their flavor.
– From Chapter 1. Read additional excerpts from the novel on this website.
– Photo courtesy Diário Insular
ÁLAMO OLIVEIRA is one of the Azores' most acclaimed and prolific artists. Novelist, poet, playwright, lyricist, essayist, public speaker, theater founder-director, painter – in 2002 he was the University of California-Berkeley’s first Portuguese Writer-in-Residence. To learn more about Álamo, as well as translators Diniz Borges and Katharine Baker, click here.
Read translated portions of “The Joy of Writing,” Álamo’s pre-publication interview in Diário Insular.
Diniz Borges discusses Álamo’s latest play, Bocas de mulheres [The Mouths of Women], performed at several of the California presentations of I No Longer Like Chocolates.
Álamo Oliveira and Katharine Baker invite you to enjoy a photo album and selected readings on cultural tourism in the scenic Azores, including Álamo's foreword to the book Açores/Azores (with pictures by Maurício Abreu and text by Álamo Oliveira).
Álamo Oliveira really does like chocolates! So try Katharine Baker's favorite dark and white chocolate(!) truffle recipes, posted in both English and Portuguese.
View photo montages of receptions where I No Longer Like Chocolates has been presented – Tipton (formal launching), Berkeley, Gilroy, Turlock and Sacramento, California – and check for latest information on future events in a city near you.
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Discover Azores tourism Excerpts from "A Man for Off-Season" by Washington Post travel writer John Deiner, on the pleasures of vacationing in the Azores any time of year.
Check out our revised easy-to-use table of links to selected Azores tourism websites and videos, and consult a list of recent Azores travel articles.
New! See National Geographic Traveler, 11/2007: The Azores are rated #2 among 111 island vacations by a panel of 522 experts in sustainable tourism and destination stewardship!
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Essa obra foi originalmente publicada como
Já não gosto de chocolates
por Edições Salamandra de Lisboa, Portugal. Para ler mais em português sobre o romance, clique aqui
I No Longer Like Chocolates, a novel by Álamo Oliveira
Originally published as Já não gosto de chocolates
Translated into English by Diniz Borges and Katharine F. Baker
Portuguese Heritage Publications of California
P.O. Box 32517, San Jose, California 95152
ISBN 0-9728576-8-0 / Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006900697
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