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MIGUÉIS (José Rodrigues). GENTE da Terceira Classe: Contos e Novelas. Lisboa. 1962. - MIGUÉIS (José Rodrigues) GENTE da Terceira Classe: Contos e Novelas . Lisboa: Estúdios Cor, 1962. 260 pp.; 195 mm. Third collection of short stories and novellas by José Rodrigues Miguéis, with cover art by Luís Filipe de Abreu. The narratives, from various periods, are grouped by setting: ”American” stories, Belgian-German sketches, and stories from Portugal. The title story is an autobiographical account of the author's first trip to the United States, where the separation between social classes aboard an ocean liner serves as the basis for the book's dominant theme: the condition of the emigrant and the immigrant, the border between the dream of departure and the disillusionment of return. The experience of exile in the USA – where Miguéis left in 1935, prevented from teaching and publishing in Portugal – is the central axis here, treated with the ”wounded humor” and ethical realism that characterize his fiction. First edition. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate