This Mellow World

Raymond Oliver (Author)

9781951470210

Paperback / softback, published 31 July 2025

96 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

Divided into three sections, This Mellow World tells the complex story of a protagonist on a quest to feel at home with his Portuguese ethnic identity. Engaging with the work of a range of Portuguese writers and poets, principally Eça de Queirós, this cycle of twenty-three poems excavates Oliver’s family history, moving from his grandparents’ journey from São Miguel to Boston in 1900 to his own return to the Azores in adulthood. The volume includes a preface from the poet.