This book, Slackers, is a collection of short stories, part of International Publishers ongoing Manuel Tiago series The title story, "The Slackers," deals humorously with a mixed bag of misfits who are forced to report to a military correctional camp to complete their obligatory service. As in several of his other works of fiction, Tiago, (lvaro Cunhal), based his tale on his own life. For a time, in late 1939 and early 1940, Cunhal was forced to complete his military service in a Disciplinary Company."Hand in Hand" is a teenage love story set against the background of the post1974 public flowering of the Communist Party as a significant partner in the democratic reconstruction of the country.In this story the author once again calls upon his own memories, having served as a very young man as leader of the Federation of Portuguese Communist Youth."Parallel Stories" is the centerpiece of the collection, the longest and most developed story in this volume, essentially a novella.Set in contemporary democratic times, we see a small regional Communist Party organization struggling with its past as primarily a party of the working class at a time when the working class itself was undergoing profound changes. The final story, "Lives," reads like the treatment of an epiclong family saga, or even asprawling multiseason TV miniseries. Its timeframe is deliberately obscure, although to be sure, there is an automobile that plays a small part toward the end. Otherwise, we seem tohover...

Binding: Paperback;148 pages; Publisher: International Publishers; Classification: FA; Weight: 274 g; Dimensions: 139 x 215 x 13

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