Robert Louis Stevenson - A Costa de Falesá

"A story that pierced me like a bullet, in a moment of panic when I felt alone in that magical jungle. From his very first encounters with the reality of the South Seas, Robert Louis Stevenson sensed that he was going to write a work that would have them as its setting and would stand out from all the voices that had emerged in literature with the same inspiration. A letter of his from the end of 1889 refers to this project: 'I now have in mind the outline of my book. If I manage to get to its end, there will be few works in the world with such great ambition.'

Aníbal Fernandes

"It could well be Fiddler's Green, if such a place exists, giving us the greatest of reasons to lament if that doesn't happen! It was good to tread on the grass, to raise our eyes to the green mountains, to see the men with their green garlands and the women with their clothes of intense reds and blues. We both walked with pleasure under the strong sun and the cool shade; And all the children of the place ran after us with shaved heads and dark bodies, letting out in our wake a kind of light cries, similar to those of little chickens. – By the way – said Case – we have to find a woman for you. – Yes indeed – said I. – I had even forgotten about that.»
Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Coast of Falesá"