Leaving Pico

In the insular Portuguese fishing community of Provincetown, Josie Carvalho’s life has been shaped by the annual influx of summer tourists and his great aunt’s fervent Catholicism. The counterweight to these forces has always been Josie’s relationship with his grandfather, a drunk, clam-poaching old man who is a sly and masterful storyteller.

In comunitatea portugheza de pescuit insulara Provincetown, viata lui Josie Carvalho a fost modelata de afluxul anual de turisti de vara si de catolicismul fervent al matusii sale. Contraponderea acestor forte a fost intotdeauna relatia lui Josie cu bunicul sau, un batran betiv, braconaj de scoici, care este un povestitor viclean si magistral.