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Saudade reportedly has no direct English translation; it's a Portuguese word describing the nostalgic longing for something that may never return, or may not exist. This feeling can be strangely comforting; author Manuel de Mello calls it A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy. It permeates the music of Brazil, another nation steeped in slavery and sadness and the hope for a better life. Yet this heartsick yearning's actually very familiar to those of us born and raised in North America; we often call it the blues. This saudade-themed anthology explores this fascinating emotional territory in exciting poems and stories from a range of new and up-and-coming authorspieces that linger after the last page is turned.

The Pleasure You Suffer

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      Publisher: Tortoise Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/28/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780986092268, 978-0986092268
      ISBN10: 0986092266

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      Book Synopsis
      Saudade reportedly has no direct English translation; it's a Portuguese word describing the nostalgic longing for something that may never return, or may not exist. This feeling can be strangely comforting; author Manuel de Mello calls it A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy. It permeates the music of Brazil, another nation steeped in slavery and sadness and the hope for a better life. Yet this heartsick yearning's actually very familiar to those of us born and raised in North America; we often call it the blues. This saudade-themed anthology explores this fascinating emotional territory in exciting poems and stories from a range of new and up-and-coming authorspieces that linger after the last page is turned.

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