Alex Hijmans – författare

NOTE: Please note that this book is in not in the English language; it is an Irish-language work only. Dutch-born journalist Alex Hijmans lives in one of Brazil's many poor and dangerous suburbs. As the only white person in this district, populated with the impoverished descendants of Africans who were brought as slaves to Brazil, he ponders the great life secret of these suffering souls: how can they live contented lives in a place devoid of worldly possessions?

'Gonta' - Wounds. Wounds of the heart, the soul, the body. Wounds that cause act of revenge - and hope. This collection of short stories speaks of the wounds of the people of Bahia.Short stories set in Salvador, the main city of Bahia in Brazil, written in the Irish language by the Dutch writer Alex Hijmans. This book is the result of a multilingual process with drafts prepared in Dutch and English as well as Irish. An English language version of one of the stories was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize 2012 under the title 'What's a Man Without a Brother?'

Rebekka Vogelzang, a young Dutchwoman, is fighting to save the Irish language, which she has learnt on the job in an Irish-speaking cafe in Galway. She puts her heart and soul into every scone she bakes and every cup of espresso she makes because she knows the very salvation of the language depends upon it. But who will save Rebekka? Please note that this book is in the Irish language; the text is not in English.

NOTE: Please note that this book is in not in the English language; it is an Irish-language work only. Dutch-born journalist Alex Hijmans lives in one of Brazil's many poor and dangerous suburbs. As the only white person in this district, populated with the impoverished descendants of Africans who were brought as slaves to Brazil, he ponders the great life secret of these suffering souls: how can they live contented lives in a place devoid of worldly possessions?

'Gonta' - Wounds. Wounds of the heart, the soul, the body. Wounds that cause act of revenge - and hope. This collection of short stories speaks of the wounds of the people of Bahia.Short stories set in Salvador, the main city of Bahia in Brazil, written in the Irish language by the Dutch writer Alex Hijmans. This book is the result of a multilingual process with drafts prepared in Dutch and English as well as Irish. An English language version of one of the stories was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize 2012 under the title 'What's a Man Without a Brother?'

PLEASE NOTE: This book is in the Irish language only; it contains no English language text. All eyes are on Brazil: 2014 - the World Cup in Brazil, 2016 - the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Economically and politically Brazil is now more important than ever before on the international stage as the powerhouse of South America.Here's your invitation to get to know Brazil - to really get to know it, to avoid the clichs. In this book Alex Hijmans, a foreign correspondent in the country since 2007, shows you insights into Brazil that aren't found on the postcards... T aird an tsaoil mhir ar an mBrasal: 2014 - Corn an Domhain sa Sacar i dtr na Brasale, 2016 - Na Cluich Oilimpeacha i gcathair Rio de Janeiro. Go heacnamaoch agus go polaitiil, t rl nos tbhachta n riamh ag fathach Mheirice Theas ar an stitse idirnisinta. Seo cuireadh duit aithne a chur ar an mBrasal - aithne cheart, aithne a sheachnaonn an clich. Sa leabhar seo, tugann Alex Hijmans, at ina chomhfhreagra idirnisinta sa tr 2007, laspairt ar an mBrasal nach bhfeictear sna crta poist. Go deimhin, lirtear mrchuid na gciseanna at leis an achrann sisialta a thosaigh sa tr sin le dana sa saothar seo.