Alentejo blue

Description:

Alentejo Blue is the story of a Portuguese village told through the lives of those who live there and those who are passing through - children and old men, expatriates of all ages, tourists and locals. In this beautiful and seemingly traquil setting the villagers await the anticipated return of a prodigal son. Amid jealousies, passions and disappointments his arrival triggers an inevitably collision.

subjects: Literature,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  New York Times reviewed,  Portugal, fiction,  Fiction, general,  Village communities