โImmense emotional and truthful power.โโ Colm Tรณibรญn, author of Nora Webster
Anthony De Sa makes his fiction debut with this stunning collection of interlinked stories that explore the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. Hailed as โtender and raw, morbid and surprisingly gentleโ by the Vancouver Sun, Barnacle Love was a finalist for Canadaโs highly prestigious Giller Prize.
Moving from a small Portuguese fishing village in the Azores to the shores of Newfoundland, Barnacle Love then takes us into the dark alleys of Torontoโs Portuguese community in the 1970s. The first half of the book is told by Manuel Rebelo, who has fled his homelandโand the crushing weight of his motherโs expectationsโto build a future for himself in a new land. Manuel struggles hard to adjust, but fulfilling the promise of his adopted home is not as simple as he had hoped. The second half of the book is told with candor by Manuelโs son Antonio, whoโalong with his sister and motherโlives in the shadows cast by Manuelโs failures.
With fantastic, sometimes magical details and passionate empathy, Anthony De Sa invites readers into the lives of the Rebelo family. The results are, in the words of writer Nino Ricci, โhaunting and elegiac.โ