Slash and Burn Char March Michele Ranchetti

Michele Ranchetti

The resulting bilingual volume is a fascinating and enlightening introduction to Portuguese poetry

Told in a lively and engaging way

two Hindu boatmen

important body of work

Slash and Burn Char March Michele RanchettiThrough war and its aftermaths, a woman fights to keep her daughters safe. Like peasants through the ages, she desperately slashes and burns in order to make a place for her children to return to. A country girl sees her village sacked and her beloved father disappeared. She is taken to the mountains to join the guerrillas, who force her to give up the baby she conceives. Surviving the rebellion, and now a woman, she sets out to find her daughter,