NEWS, NEWS, NEWS & THE OTHER PANDEMIC...

 

Have you been to O Soto do Óptico lately??? No????  So, you don’t know what you are missing… We have received new books, new series, new comics…

Whether you are a fan of Hilary Mantel or you prefer the graphic novel form of the Maltese-born Joe Sacco I’m sure you‘ll find something to fulfill your interests. Books such as Bring Up the Bodies; The Mirror and the Light; The Blazing World;  Freedom;  The Plot against America;  Paying the Land; Bone or Safe Area Gorazde  are waiting for you.

If you are not in the mood for reading and you prefer spending a Sunday afternoon/evening watching a TV show you are extremely lucky as the political satire Yes Minister & Yes, Prime Minister are at your disposal at O Soto do Óptico as well. Do you dare to have a look at the favourite television programme of the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher?

And last but not least… here you have a proposal to celebrate November 25^th, International Day against Violence, the book Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo where you will find several interconnected stories of black British women which raise timeless questions about feminism and race and to remind us of the other pandemic for which the only vaccine is RESPECT and EDUCATION.

Girl, Woman, Other is about struggle, but it is also about love, joy and imagination. The book culminates with her protagonists – black women of different generations, faiths, classes, politics and heritages, and a few men too – thrown together at a party for a soap opera-style grand finale. Evaristo’s world is not idealised, but there is something uniquely beautiful about it...You will regret not to give it a try.