Helena Pires

Short presentation:

Who I am and what I do: I am a biology scientist and at the moment I am doing a PhD in Plant Biology at University of California in Berkeley.

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My bookshelf:

Le sang des autres, Simone de Beauvoir

Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

Envagelho Segundo Jesus Cristo, José Saramago

O Livro do Desassossego, Fernando Pessoa

Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov

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What I am reading now: La Vie: mode d’emploi, George Pérec

My film library:

In The Mood for Love, Kar Wai Wong

Diarios de Motocicleta, Walter Salles

Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola

25th Hour, Spike Lee

The Constant Gardener, Fernando Meireles

Frida, Julie Taymor

My playlist:

Sinnerman, Nina Simone

Alone and Forsaken, 16 Horsepower

Sangue Frio, Clã

Nobody’s Fault, An Pierlé

Mathilda, Scott Walker

Sway, Mooi

El Desierto, Lhasa

Lets Pretend & Tiny Tears, Tindersticks

Quarto, Gypsy’s Curse & Minas de Cobre, Calexico

O meu amor, Cristina Branco

Geni e o Zepelim, Chico Buarque

Serpentine & Instant Street, dEUS

My heros: I don’t have any, but I am still looking…

What I do with my free time: I am waiting to have some free time to tell you something about this topic!!! ;)

Contact me at: helenarp@gmail.com