A look at the nine islands of the Azores, through their landscapes, their festivals and their peoples. Throughout the various seasons of the year the author journeyed through the enchanted islands in an endeavour to understand the spirit of these places.
"As you see, the islands of the Azores may not be a paradisic reservation, but neither are they the sepulchre of innocence. You may conclude that my short-sightedness has passed the limits of demagogy because the artificial has contaminated the natural or because the dream of the Infante was more hybrid than lyrical since there are no further islands to discover. It is not true. These islands will restore your capacity to dream about utopic places for the soul, destroying the perplexity of fantasy and unveiling secrets of men whose mornings dissipate over the line of the horizon. In the afternoon you may drink a palette of every colour. You will sleep better."
Álamo Oliveira
Publisher: Maurício Abreu and Victor Figueiredo
Photography by Maurício Abreu
Introduction text by Álamo Oliveira
Texts by Raúl Brandão and Vitorino Nemésio
Design by José Teófilo Duarte
English version by Vanessa Seed
1st edition: October 1995
2nd edition: October 1997
ISBN: 972-95897-1-2
Size: 23,5 x 31 cm; 96 pages
124 colour photographs
