{"product_id":"return-13","title":"Return","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryone has gone away... We too should no longer be here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuanda,  1975. The Angolan War of Independence has been raging for at least a  decade, but with the collapse of the Salazar dictatorship, defeat for  the Portuguese is now in sight. Thousands of settlers are fleeing back  to Portugal to escape the brutality of the Angolan rebels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRui  is fifteen years old. He has lived in Luanda all his life and has never  even visited the far-away homeland - although he has heard many stories.  But now his family are finally accepting that they too must return, and  Rui is filled with a mixture of excitement and dread at the prospect.  But just as they are leaving for the airport, his father is taken away  by the rebels, and the family must leave without him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot  knowing if the father is alive or dead - or if they will ever find out  what has become of him, Rui, his mother and sister try to rebuild their  lives in their new home. This turns out to be a five star hotel in a  quiet, seaside suburb of Lisbon, where returnee families are crammed  into luxurious rooms by the dozen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese palatial surroundings  are a cruel contrast with the reality of returnee life. The hotel  becomes a curious form of purgatory as the families wait to discover  what will become of them - ever conscious of the fact that they are  hardly welcome back in their homeland. Rui has his own personal struggle  with his new life: growing up, dropping out of school, facing  discrimination, and the ever-present worry over his mother''s  deteriorating health and his father''s fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then one night Rui''s father returns from the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Ángel Gurría-Quintana\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57339782005118,"sku":"NW9780857054364","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780857054364.jpg?v=1779609804","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/return-13","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}