"A wonderful mix of magical realism and wordplay that has a similar tone to Marquez at his best. Couto writes in an idiom all his own that feels authentically African."--Ink
In Mozambique after the end of the civil war, local soldiers have been unaccountably blown up. When it begins to happen to UN peacekeepers, a high-level delegation visits the village of Tizangara to initiate an investigation. As the UN investigation unfolds, Mia Couto brilliantly shows how the perceptions of events both inside and outside the country are altered when interpreted from an African...
"A wonderful mix of magical realism and wordplay that has a similar tone to Marquez at his best. Couto writes in an idiom all his own that feels au...
"On almost every page of this witty magical realist whodunit, we sense Couto's delight on those places where language slips officialdom's asphyxiating grasp."--The New York Times Book Review on The Last Flight of the Flamingo
"The most prominent of the younger generation of writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa, Couto passionately and sensitively describes everyday life in poverty-stricken Mozambique."--Guardian (London)
"Quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa."--Doris Lessing
As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a...
"On almost every page of this witty magical realist whodunit, we sense Couto's delight on those places where language slips officialdom's asphyxiat...
Empathy and ecstasy: An homage to Africa's people and wildlife SebastiAo Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn't dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka tribes in Sudan and the Himba in Namibia to gorillas and volcanoes in the lakes...
Empathy and ecstasy: An homage to Africa's people and wildlife SebastiAo Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputat...
"An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much."--Doris Lessing
"A peculiarily African sensibility . . . a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives. . . . Remarkable."--New Statesman
A police inspector is investigating a strange murder--a case in which all the suspects are eager to claim responsibility for the act.
Set in a former Portuguese slave fort, Under the Frangipani combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths with an earthy humor. Part thriller, part an exploration of language itself, Mia...
"An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much."--Doris Lessing
"Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images."--The Washington Post
"To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives . . . remarkable."--The New Statesman
With a magical realism that blurs the boundaries between life and the afterlife in Mozambique, Mia Couto captures Africa today--a brilliant dissonance of old and new sounds.
"Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images."--The Washington Post
In Mocambique stoen verschiedene Welten aufeinander: die politische Vergangenheit des ehemaligen Koloniallandes und postkommunistischen Staates, die Konflikte der Gegenwart und zeitlose, mythische und magische Geschichten. In einem Altersheim in der Provinz, wo ein Todesfall aufgeklrt werden soll, versucht Inspektor Izidine Nata Klarheit in dem Gespinst der geheimnisvollen Aussagen der Bewohner zu gewinnen. Im Schatten des Frangipanibaums auf der Terrasse ber dem Meer lauscht er allabendlich ihren merkwrdigen Geschichten. Dabei taucht er immer tiefer in ihre fantastische Welt ein und sieht...
In Mocambique stoen verschiedene Welten aufeinander: die politische Vergangenheit des ehemaligen Koloniallandes und postkommunistischen Staates, die K...
Jahrelang hat Mia Couto Erinnerungen und Geschichten für diesen großen, vielstimmigen Roman gesammelt.
Das Mädchen Imani muss einen portugiesischen Offizier unterstützen, der den Vormarsch des großen Herrschers Ngungunyane in Mosambik gegen die Kolonialherren aufhalten soll. Ihr Dorf wird vom Krieg der Männer heimgesucht, zu einer Zeit, in der das Wort einer Frau nicht zählt. Doch die Frauen nutzen eigene Mächte, um die Pfade der Männer zu lenken.
Jahrelang hat Mia Couto Erinnerungen und Geschichten für diesen großen, vielstimmigen Roman gesammelt.
