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12 Random Words / 12 Palavras ao Acaso: A Bilingual Collection (English / Portuguese)
Paperback
ISBN13: 9780997149746
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Jul 31 2018
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.37 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: Portuguese
Winner of the Gold -1st Place Award in the 2017 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program for the Best Short Story/Anthology category. Honorable Mention from Reader Views Reviews Choice Awards. First Place Award in the Short Stories Category from the National Indie Excellence Awards. Finalist of Fiction Short Stories Category of the 2017 International Book Awards.
Peter Pan helps Rita solve the mystery of a stray puzzle piece. Aldo looks at the clouds and decides to quit. A little girl insists on making everything in her coloring book orange. Eve defies darkness turning past dreams into future memories.
12 Random Words/ 12 Palavras ao Acaso is a bilingual collection of interior vignettes told in both English and Portuguese. Each story is a tale of yearning, a fragment of discovery, a treasure.
Set in New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and other cities, these short stories take unexpected turns along the path of remembrance, disappointment and hope.
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Peter Pan ajuda Rita a desvendar o mistério de uma peça de quebra-cabeça desaparecida. Aldo olha para as nuvens e decide renunciar. Uma menina insiste em pintar seu livro de colorir todinho de laranja. Eve desafia a escuridão ao transformar sonhos pretéritos em memórias futuras.
12 Random Words/ 12 Palavras ao Acaso é uma coleção bilÃngue de imagens Ãntimas narradas em inglês e em português. Cada conto é uma história de desejo intenso, um fragmento de uma descoberta, um tesouro.
Ambientados em Nova Iorque, Lima e Buenos Aires, entre outras cidades, estes relatos oferecem reviravoltas inesperadas rumo à lembrança, à decepção e à esperança.
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