Rain [electronic resource] : And Other Stories
Mia Couto2019
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After the war, I thought all that was left was ashes, hollow ruins . . . Today,
I know that's not true. Where man remains, a seed, too, survives, a dream to
inseminate time.
Published in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia Couto's third
collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the
author writes, "every man is the same: pretending he's here, dreaming of going
away, and plotting his return." Shifting masterfully between forms-creation tale
to meditation, playful comedy to magical twist-these stories grapple with
questions of what's been lost and what can be reclaimed, what future exists for
a country that broke the yoke of colonialism only to descend into internecine
war, what is Mozambican and what is Mozambique. Following fishermen and
fortune-tellers, widows and drunks, and one errant hippopotamus, this new
translation of stories by the Man Booker-listed author of Confession of the
Lioness rediscovers possibility and wh...
Main title:
Rain [electronic resource] : And Other Stories / Mia Couto
Author:
Mia Couto, Author
Imprint:
Canada : Biblioasis, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781771962674
Language:
English
BRN:
428512
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |