{"product_id":"9781771965798","title":"The Utopian Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA seminal novel of African decolonization available for the first time in English translation. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLisbon, 1961. To escape surveillance by the dictatorship’s secret police,  African students meet at the Casa, a campus club, where they dream of the homelands they will free from colonialism. Following four young revolutionaries who dream of building an epic campaign for a liberated, socialist Angola, \u003cem\u003eThe Utopian Generation\u003c\/em\u003e charts the intertwined destinies of Sara, an idealistic doctor; Aníbal, an intense intellectual; Vítor, an aspiring political leader; and Malongo, a party-hopping soccer player. But when repression scatters them, they move from Europe to Africa, from idealism to disillusionment, from terror and battlefield violence to love, loss, grief, corruption, and cold-blooded calculation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVast in scope yet intricate and revealing in its insights into the psychological tensions of colonialism, \u003cem\u003eThe Utopian Generation\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered in the Portuguese-speaking world an essential novel of African decolonization—and is now available in English translation for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pepetela","offers":[{"title":"Biblioasis |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-05-07","offer_id":44659180962047,"sku":"9781771965798","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_00f95460-e1c0-417f-95fa-2d974a2b234f.jpg?v=1706547718","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781771965798","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}