Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao

by Martha Batalha

Genres: General Fiction; Coming of Age; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; Women's Fiction

Synopsis

Euridice is bright and ambitious. But this is Brazil in the 1940s, and society expects her to be a loving wife and mother. While Antenor is busy congratulating himself on his excellent catch, Euridice spends her spends her humdrum days ironing his shirts and removing the lumps of onion from his food, dreaming of the success she could have made of herself - as a writer, dressmaker or culinary whiz - in another life. Her free-spirited sister Guida, on the other hand, is the kind of person who was ‘born knowing everything’. When she returns from her failed elopement with stories of heartbreak and loss, the lives of Euridice and her husband are thrown into confusion, with disastrous consequences. Translated by Eric M. B. Becker.

Release date: September 7, 2017

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Print pages: 240