Echoes of Azorean Life

“Echoes of Azorean Life” offers English-speaking readers an unprecedented introduction to the culture, history, and everyday life of Santa Maria, the first island of the Azores to be settled. More than a lexicon of regional expressions, it is a cultural and linguistic portrait of the island and its people. Drawing on a lifetime of observation, Arsénio Chaves Puim reveals the close relationship between language and culture through distinctive vocabulary, historical reflections, and vivid accounts of architecture, cuisine, religious festivals, emigration, oral traditions, and daily life. As local varieties of Portuguese become increasingly uniform, this volume preserves the speech, customs, and lived experience of an earlier Santa Maria, providing a valuable record of Azorean cultural heritage. Carefully translated and extensively annotated by Giuseppe Formato, this first annotated English edition makes one of the most significant works ever written about Santa Maria accessible to English-speaking readers, particularly descendants of Azorean emigrants, as well as students and scholars of Portuguese language, culture, and history.

Detalhes da Obra:

• Autor: Arsénio Chaves Puim
• Editora: Letras Lavadas / Bruma Publications
• Nº de Páginas: 342