Girl from the Sea and other stories

The author is one of Portugal's greatest poets and, like her poetry, these stories are filled with her delight and pleasure in nature, gardens and the sea, as well as her keen sense of the magical. Among other things, we encounter dwarves, diminutive little girls who live on the sea bed, plants that come alive at night, a tree that lives on long after it has been felled, and a pilgrim who discovers much more than the Holy Land. Her themes are, above all, loyalty and friendship.

Autorul este unul dintre cei mai mari poeti din Portugalia si, la fel ca poezia ei, aceste povesti sunt pline de incantarea si placerea ei in natura, gradini si mare, precum si sensul ei acut al magiei. Printre altele, intalnim pitici, fetite mici care traiesc pe fundul marii, plante care prind viata noaptea, un copac care traieste mult timp dupa ce a fost doborat si un pelerin care descopera mult mai mult decat Tara Sfanta.