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Andrew
Oct 03, 2017 rated it liked it
The opening chapter of this book reveals the reading of the will of Napumoceno da Silva Araujo, a rich Cape Verde businessman. the will at 300+ pages surprises everyone including his nephew that he has an illegitimate daughter to whom he leaves the bulk of his estate.
The book then tells Araujo's story from his arriving on the main island of Cape Verde St Vincente as a shoeless waif, to his finding work on the docks as a runner, to joining a customs and export firm, his own move into business and
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Ladyce West
Jul 04, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Este livro me apresentou à literatura cabo-verdiana. E que apresentação! Fez com que eu quisesse ler mais! O Testamento do Senhor Napumoceno [ São Paulo, Editora Companhia das Letras:1996] é narrado com muito humor. É também um livro cheio de surpresas. Napumoceno da Silva Araújo parece ter uma das vidas mais discretas do arquipélago. Mas quando o seu testamento de 387 páginas é finalmente aberto, aprendemos detalhes de sua vida particular que mostram um outro homem. Um homem que demonstra uma t ...more
Wendy
Jun 24, 2009 marked it as wish-list
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