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    Texts & Contexts
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    Texts & Contexts

    By Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

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    Texts & Contexts is a compilation of some writings of the author produced between 2012 and 2018. The genres oscillate from chronicles to articles and prose poetry. They present ordinary traces derived from both style and observation of daily life facts and situations.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBadPress
    Release dateApr 13, 2023
    ISBN9781547575572
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      Texts & Contexts - Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

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      Texts & Contexts | Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

      Texts & Contexts

      Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

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      Translated by Ingrid Veiga 

      Texts & Contexts

      Written By Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

      Copyright © 2023 Antonio Carlos Mongiardim Gomes Saraiva

      All rights reserved

      Distributed by Babelcube, Inc.

      www.babelcube.com

      Translated by Ingrid Veiga

      Babelcube Books and Babelcube are trademarks of Babelcube Inc.

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      Texts & Contexts is a compilation of some writings of the author produced between 2012 and 2018. The genres oscillate from chronicles to articles and prose poetry. They present ordinary traces derived from both style and observation of daily life facts and situations.

      The Author

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      Mantena, July 2018.

      TEXTS & CONTEXTS

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      mongiardimsaraiva

      VISIT TO LISBON

      I came back to Lisbon 15 years later. The first feeling was that of recognition of a city, heritage of my recent memory, with the same color, smell, profile and people who walked in a rush with those somewhat morose looks on their faces. After all, I had gotten used to a way more cheerful and loose profile, characteristic of the tropical climates. That's Brazil and the city I live in now. The old Lisbon was still the one who breathes history to me, full of splendid monuments and loads of poetics alongside Tejo. Of an unique beauty. 

      As I arrived, my will to wander around Lisbon was tremendous. Still tired from the trip, I couldn't resist the appeal of walking through the old Baixa Pombalina. Chiado, Rua Augusta, Terreiro do Paço and Rossio, just as I used to on the good old days. It was almost Christmas and the stores were simmering in colors and full of people. A great number of tourists savoring the relics of our land. The temptation of the cakes served on the old pastries of Lisbon and the typical restaurants with mouth-watering medieval delicacies. My tiredness had abandoned me entirely. My senses were now overwhelmed by a familiar sweet scent as hadn’t happened in a long time. My city had embraced me back as a son who comes back home after a long trip. Without questioning. With arms wide open in a gesture filled with comfort and affection I won’t forget anytime soon. A lot had changed without a doubt; a whole heap of new constructions and just as much demolished. Walking by these streets and avenues was to me like savoring an old familiar fruit that had matured several times but never really lost its essence. I found some almost chocking changes: stores which were now closed, gone restaurants, Rossio’s Square taken by a refugee’s population. The once noble area of the high part of town was now almost abandoned and in clear downfall. Who does not remind of the famous Roma Avenue’s buildings now overtaken by the population with lower economical incomes. I also enjoyed the wonderfulness created by

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