{"product_id":"dark-stones-dias-de-melo-9781951470067","title":"Dark Stones","description":"Bringing to life his countrymen's daily struggles with the sea, struggles carried out against the dark-stoned background of their homeland, novelist Dias de Melo tells the collective story of Azorean seamen at a moment of great change toward the end of the nineteenth century. Confronted with increasing economic hardship and social and political tensions, whalers faced the choice of continuing to eke out a living at home or forsaking their boats for the shores of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This expanded Tagus Press edition features Gregory McNab's masterful 1988 translation of \u003ci\u003eDark Stones\u003c\/i\u003e and a new introduction from Maria Jo縊 Dodman. As an insider from the island of Pico, Dias de Melo writes in a realistic style that is passionate and forceful, yet tenacious, without ever losing certainty and control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dias De Melo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951470060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951470067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tagus Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.51w x 0.55d","brand":"Dias De Melo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943734477055,"sku":"9781951470067","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_96541b8b-ddb6-45b3-a8cc-7c546739a70f.jpg?v=1681499767","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-stones-dias-de-melo-9781951470067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}