by Nelida Piñon · Editorial Galaxia, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788482887678
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«A república dos soños» is the contemporary fiction novel by Nélida Piñon, published by Editorial Galaxia in paperback (940 pages, in Galician).
It tells the story of two young men who set sail from Vigo for Brazil in 1913, during the great exodus of Galician emigrants to America. Madruga and Venancio, its two protagonists, embody opposing attitudes towards emigration, in a novel about the search for a better life, identity and the memory of those who crossed the Atlantic.
The Galician edition dates from 2004; the original in Portuguese appeared in 1984. Translation by María Dolores and Carmen Torres París. Colección Literaria, number 213.
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in Galician emigration, historical memory and Brazilian literature.
Nélida Piñon was a Brazilian author and professor. At the time of her death, Piñon was "considered among the foremost writers in Brazil today".
