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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa is the first short story book published in 1974 by Cape Verdean writer Orlanda Amarílis. This collection consists of seven short stories in which the day-to-day lives of Cape Verdean emigrants are portrayed. Unlike some earlier romanticized accounts of the diaspora written by other Cape Verdean writers, Amarilis’ book projects a realistic and not-so-romanticized view of the Cape Verdean diaspora, and it is mainly concerned with the diaspora in Portugal.The main themes in this collection are of the Cape Verdean ideas surrounding national consciousness and the consequences of Cape Verdean emigrations to foreign and distant countries. Many themes such as national identity, adaptation, solitude, racism and sexism are present in Amarílis’ work. In Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa, Orlanda Amarílis presents a nostalgic vision of her homeland while simultaneously bringing to the forefront and examining questions of Cape Verdean identity.The first short story in this collection is entitled Cais-do-Sodré and depicts the main character, Andresa, a Cape Verdean emigrant who is in Cais do Sodré, a main square in Lisbon, Portugal, a city that appears very foreign to her in comparison to her island. Cais do Sodré is a point of departure for public transportation within Lisbon and the surrounding cities of Lisbon. Workers who live in the outskirts of Lisbon utilize this transportation system as a way to arrive in and depart from Lisbon. By contrast, the last short story in the collection is entitled Salamansa, a beach located on São Vicente island in Cape Verde.The complete title of this collection of short stories, Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa, is symbolic because it shows the Cape Verdean emigrants’ trajectory between a foreign land and a homeland; a trajectory that places the emigrant between two worlds: the foreign city of Lisbon (Cais do Sodré) and the nostalgic return to the emigrants’ homeland of Cape Verde (Salamansa). The title also alludes to the Cape Verdean’s internal conflict with regards to emigration. On one hand, the Cape Verdean may “want-to-leave-and-is-forced-to-stay” (‘querer-partir-e-ter-de-ficar’) or “wants-to-stay-and-is-forced-to-leave” (‘querer-de-ficar, ter-de partir’). According to Mendonça, throughout all seven short stories of this book, Orlanda Amarílis establishes a circle, or rather a connection or link, “where the characters, either extraordinarily well represented (or mistaken?), move and flow from the archipelago (Cape Verde) in a similar fashion as the locations (Cais do Sodré and Salamansa) that serve as the scenes of the short stories and emerge from reality.” “onde se movimentam as personagens do arquipélago, personagens extraordinariamente bem representadas (ou evocadas?), tal como os lugares que servem como cenário e que emergem da realidade.” Due to Cape Verde’s geographic problems (hostile ocean) and economic problems (droughts, hunger, and poverty), many inhabitants of Cape Verde found it desirable or necessary to emigrate to foreign lands. What emerges then is the main literary theme of emigration to depict the realities faced by the Cape Verdean emigrants.. }

• Cais-do-Sodré_té_Salamansa abstract "Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa is the first short story book published in 1974 by Cape Verdean writer Orlanda Amarílis. This collection consists of seven short stories in which the day-to-day lives of Cape Verdean emigrants are portrayed. Unlike some earlier romanticized accounts of the diaspora written by other Cape Verdean writers, Amarilis’ book projects a realistic and not-so-romanticized view of the Cape Verdean diaspora, and it is mainly concerned with the diaspora in Portugal.The main themes in this collection are of the Cape Verdean ideas surrounding national consciousness and the consequences of Cape Verdean emigrations to foreign and distant countries. Many themes such as national identity, adaptation, solitude, racism and sexism are present in Amarílis’ work. In Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa, Orlanda Amarílis presents a nostalgic vision of her homeland while simultaneously bringing to the forefront and examining questions of Cape Verdean identity.The first short story in this collection is entitled Cais-do-Sodré and depicts the main character, Andresa, a Cape Verdean emigrant who is in Cais do Sodré, a main square in Lisbon, Portugal, a city that appears very foreign to her in comparison to her island. Cais do Sodré is a point of departure for public transportation within Lisbon and the surrounding cities of Lisbon. Workers who live in the outskirts of Lisbon utilize this transportation system as a way to arrive in and depart from Lisbon. By contrast, the last short story in the collection is entitled Salamansa, a beach located on São Vicente island in Cape Verde.The complete title of this collection of short stories, Cais-do-Sodré té Salamansa, is symbolic because it shows the Cape Verdean emigrants’ trajectory between a foreign land and a homeland; a trajectory that places the emigrant between two worlds: the foreign city of Lisbon (Cais do Sodré) and the nostalgic return to the emigrants’ homeland of Cape Verde (Salamansa). The title also alludes to the Cape Verdean’s internal conflict with regards to emigration. On one hand, the Cape Verdean may “want-to-leave-and-is-forced-to-stay” (‘querer-partir-e-ter-de-ficar’) or “wants-to-stay-and-is-forced-to-leave” (‘querer-de-ficar, ter-de partir’). According to Mendonça, throughout all seven short stories of this book, Orlanda Amarílis establishes a circle, or rather a connection or link, “where the characters, either extraordinarily well represented (or mistaken?), move and flow from the archipelago (Cape Verde) in a similar fashion as the locations (Cais do Sodré and Salamansa) that serve as the scenes of the short stories and emerge from reality.” “onde se movimentam as personagens do arquipélago, personagens extraordinariamente bem representadas (ou evocadas?), tal como os lugares que servem como cenário e que emergem da realidade.” Due to Cape Verde’s geographic problems (hostile ocean) and economic problems (droughts, hunger, and poverty), many inhabitants of Cape Verde found it desirable or necessary to emigrate to foreign lands. What emerges then is the main literary theme of emigration to depict the realities faced by the Cape Verdean emigrants.".