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Before I Lost My Country

Before I Lost My Country

Reese, Phillip

Paperback

EroticaHistorical Fiction

ISBN13: 9798410523004
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 31 2022
Pages: 318
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The book tells the story of how a young man survived the system, mainly describing João's life during his time in the army and his relationship with Zita (Bela in the book) until his birthday in October, the year of the 1974 revolution in Portugal. The book in Portuguese is called now 1974.

He joined the army in January 1971. All young Africans his age were also obliged to join the army. They all had the same rights and obligations as João.

In the previous decade, a tribal revolt and some guerrilla attempts against the colonial occupation had been totally defeated. In 1974, before the revolution in the European country, the nationalist organisations were on the road to self-destruction, through infighting within and between themselves, resignation and complacency, but above all betrayal and corruption.

In reality, the risk to soldiers' lives in enemy actions was low, despite some deaths on the borders (mainly African civilians) in the north and east, as a reporter wrote in 1973: 'In this year of peace, more soldiers have drowned in Angola's rivers (six) than in hostilities.'

João's military service lasted much longer than expected, mainly because of Zita, whose real name was Maria dos Prazeres Salavessa Hormigo. She was a young woman who wanted to marry him, but accused him of rape when the relationship ended.

Six months after the revolution in the European country, João returned to the African capital for good and found the city in a state of panic, quickly realising that civil war had broken out. Zita, to his surprise, wanted revenge.

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