{"product_id":"the-utopian-generation-9781771965798","title":"The Utopian Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA seminal novel of African decolonization available for the first time in English translation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisbon 1961. Aware that the secret police are watching them, four young Angolans discuss their plans for a utopian homeland free from Portuguese rule. When war breaks out, they flee to France and must decide whether they will return home to join the fight. Two remain in exile and two return to Angola to become guerilla fighters, barely escaping capture over the course of the brutal fourteen-year war. Reunited in the capital of Luanda, the old friends face independence with their confidence shaken and struggle to build a new society free of the corruption and violence of colonial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePepetela, a former revolutionary guerilla fighter and Angolan government minister, is the author of more than twenty novels that have won prizes in Africa, Europe, and South America. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771965798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Pepetela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315093794997,"sku":"9781771965798","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_291adda6-ea6d-4483-933c-4cbf2cd8d754.jpg?v=1718720168","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-utopian-generation-9781771965798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}