Frank Simoes' Goa / illustrations by Sanat Surti.

By:

Simoes, Frank

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi : Lotus Roli, 2004.Description: xviii, 318 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9788174363466 (pbk.)
8174363467 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

23 954.78 SIM 001216

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Summary: On a storm-swept September afternoon in Goa, Frank Simoes finally found what he had been searching for so many years: that perfect acre by the sea. And there he began to build his dream house, Rockheart. This book began as the story of his labours, but eventually became one on a Goan’s discovery of his idyllic native land. It is peopled by a colourful cast of characters, ranging from Leopold da Gama Rose, who saved himself from a fate worse than death by hiding beneath his mother’s skirts to Remo, the famous rock musician; from Felix Xavier Fernando, the confidant of cobras toBarty and Bostao, surely the world’s only feni-fuelled car-washing experts. This is more than just a travel book. Thanks to Frank Simoes’ perceptive eye and abiding love for all things Goan, it is a delightful, finely-etched portrait of a people and their way of life.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	Xerxes S. Desai Collection	954.78 SIM 001216 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001216

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Originally published: as Glad seasons in Goa. New Delhi : Viking, 1994.

On a storm-swept September afternoon in Goa, Frank Simoes finally found what he had been searching for so many years: that perfect acre by the sea. And there he began to build his dream house, Rockheart. This book began as the story of his labours, but eventually became one on a Goan’s discovery of his idyllic native land. It is peopled by a colourful cast of characters, ranging from Leopold da Gama Rose, who saved himself from a fate worse than death by hiding beneath his mother’s skirts to Remo, the famous rock musician; from Felix Xavier Fernando, the confidant of cobras toBarty and Bostao, surely the world’s only feni-fuelled car-washing experts.
This is more than just a travel book. Thanks to Frank Simoes’ perceptive eye and abiding love for all things Goan, it is a delightful, finely-etched portrait of a people and their way of life.

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