Goa & Goans List compiled together by Frederick Noronha Email:fred@goa1.dot.net.in SIOLIM: By Sebastian D'Cruz Pp.192 (1994) Rs.75 If you have just about any connection with this village in Bardez, you can't afford to miss this book. Maps, addresses, history, legedns. Everything. Recommended for anyone interested in understanding what makes rural Goa tick. [Available at: The Other India Bookstore's CATALOGUE OF GOA BOOKS] 'INDIA AND THE WEST : THE FIRST ENCOUNTERS", an illuminating book highlighting Goa's history before the advent of the Portuguese, written by Dr Joseph Velinkar, was released n Panjim on Nov 11. The Goa-born author's work has been published by the Heras Institute and St Xavier College, Bombay. Price Rs.150. SANTA CRUZ (CALAPOR): By Tereza Albuquerque Pp.100 (1989) LF Rs.150 Profile of a village in Goa. Albuquerque provides many fascinating details, from history to customs prevalent today. Adds to the rich lore about Goan tradition. [Books availableat: The Other India Bookstore's CATALOGUE OF GOA BOOKS] THE GREATER TRAGEDY. Lambert Mascarenhas. 1988. Pp 84. Rs 25. Mascarenhas, ex founder-editor of GOA TODAY, presents this play as a sequel to SORROWING LIES MY LAND, and, its objective is to project the names of many freedom fighters of Goa. Goa Liberation Movement and Madhu Limaye. This book contains the diary written by Madhu Limaye, during his imprisonment in Altinho and Aguada jails in 1955-57. For the participation in the Goa Liberation Movement, he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. This diary reflects his day-to-day schedule, his emotions and thoughts, his reactions to the outside events. BR Publishing, New Delhi 110052. ISBN 81-7018-900-4. Rs 200. Pp 151. Dayanand Balkrishna Bandodkar: The Architect of Modern Goa by Dr. N.Radhakrishnan, Special Assistant to Governor of Goa. Published by A. Sudharani, D3 Raj Bhavan Campus, Dona Paula, Goa 403004. 1996. Pp 205. Rs 275. "LEGENDS OF GOA" - a book written by Mario Cabral e Sa and illustrated by Mario Miranda. Released by Dr. Wilfred De Souza and presented by the Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, it is published by India Book House, Mumbai and the book is priced at Rs. 395/-. From: Edward Fernandes Email:e.fernandes@ucl.ac.uk 2. Dellon's book was first published in 1688 and has had various translations into English. There is a copy of the original currently for sale ($250) at: Book Guild of Portsmouth, 58 State St, Portsmouth, NH 03820, USA: Dellon, Gabriel. Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa. Paris. Daniel Horthemels. 1688. 12mo, leather; xxvi, 437, [23] pages; collates a12, e1, A-T12, V4; 6 engraved vignettes, 3 full page plates, 3 folding plates, all signed C. Vermeulen. First hand account of the Inquisition in Goa by a French traveller who ran afoul of it. Plates illustrate the costumes worn by the condemned, the trial process, and an auto-da-fe. Binding is poor: front board detached but present, back board nearly detached. Title page stained, folding plates repaired along folds, contents otherwise good. $250.00 Check out: http://www.bluefin.net/~bookdude/order.html At an auction on 22 June 1996, Librairie SIMONSON SA -
Bruxelles, sold a copy for 17,000 Belgian Francs ($506) Check out: http://www.ntc.be/simnet/adju2206.txt NEW BOOKS: DICIONARIO DE LITERATURA GOESA Dicionario de Literatura Goesa is a three-volume publication by Aleixo Manuel da Costa. It is published by Instituto Cultural de Macau and Fundacao Oriente Email: oriente@bom2.vsnl.net.in In Portuguese, it lists major Goan authors who published their work between 1702 and 1950. It is written by a former curator of the main library in Goa and seems to be both exhaustive and impressive. No price is mentioned on the copy that one has seen. But the price is around twelve hundred rupees per set (not sure, pls check) of this well-bound volume. |