000			01944nam a22002057a 4500
020			_a9789394548039
041			_aEng
082			_a823 _bMAS/SOR
100			_aMascarenhas, Lambert _91713729
245			_aSorrowing Lies My Land
250			_a5th Edition
260			_aPanajim-Goa , _bBroadway Publishing House; _c2023.
300			_avii, 276p. _bSoft/Paper Bound (21.5cm*14cm)
500			_aorrowing Lies my Land is essentially a view of the Portuguese rule in Goa through the hardships faced by Babush, his family and society of the time. Journalist and author, Lambert Mascarenhas (1914-2021) was awarded the Gomant Vibhushan (Goa’s highest civilian award) and the Padma Shri in 2015, and has several books to his credit.
505			_aIn the fictional town of Copena, kilometers away from Margao city, Babush narrates a tale that takes us from the time he was a seven year old boy, surrounded by his parents and siblings, to the time he finds himself sitting alone in his childhood home, as an adult, reminiscing. Set against the backdrop of the Portuguese rule in Goa, Mascarenhas’ ‘classic Goan tale’ is mainly concerned with the nationalist mindset of Tobias Costa, Babush’s father. While the novel is essentially a political comment on the Portuguese domination of Goa, the reader is also introduced to other characters found in a quintessentially Goan village – the drunkard, the gossip, the landlords, their tenants, and the vicar. Mascarenhas paints a melancholic picture of this era in Goa through the hardships faced by Babush, his family, his society and their land.
520			_aSorrowing Lies my Land is essentially a political comment on the Portuguese domination of Goa which is a melancholic picture of this era in Goa through the hardships faced by Babush, his family, his society and their land.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aEnglish, English Fiction, English Novel _91713730
942			_cBK
999			_c1105184 _d1105184