Eliete is 40 and is an estate agent married to Jorge for 20 years. They have two daughters. It’s a normal life. But what constitutes “normal”? Is it supposed to include an un
Five years ago exactly, in the summer of 2016, I wrote a review for these pages of Dulce Maria Cardoso’s first novel in English, The Return. I have never forgotten that novel, an
When I meet her for the first time, Dulce Maria Cardoso had blue hair, which ofcourse I question her about: why? Why not? she replies, but I’d rather you consider my writing than
Portuguese writer Dulce Maria Cardoso spent her childhood in Angola, returning to Portugal following the Angolan civil war of independence in 1975. Her award-winning novels have be
Thursday 5 Oct 2017, 7-8:30 pm, British Library, Knowledge Centre, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB Book here How can literature reconcile the personal with the national, even inter
When I meet her for the first time, Dulce Maria Cardoso had blue hair, which ofcourse I question her about: why? Why not? she replies, but I’d rather you consider my writing than
