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    The Drinker of Horizons

    Mia Couto

    Longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award

    The scintillating conclusion to the critically acclaimed historical saga: the Jan Michalski Prize-winning Sands of the Emperor trilogy.

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    The Worlds of Mia Couto

    In The Worlds of Mia Couto a diverse group of literary experts sets out to explore Mia Couto’s oeuvre in relation not only to the imaginary worlds created by the…

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    A Companion to Mia Couto

    This new research in English on the work of the Mozambican writer Mia Couto provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical terrain of Couto’s literary thought.

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    A River Called Time

    Mia Couto

    Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather’s funeral. But, when he arrives, he discovers two things…

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    The Last Flight of the Flamingo

    Mia Couto

    The civil war in Mozambique has ended but still the local soldiers are being hit by the landmines that litter the ground. Alongside representatives of central government and UN officials…

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    Under the Frangipani

    Mia Couto

    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 fort which…

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    Sleepwalking Land

    Mia Couto

    Tells the story of an old man and a young boy, refugees from a civil war, who seek shelter in a burnt out bus. Among the effects of a dead…

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    Confession of the Lioness

    Mia Couto

    Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2017A finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeMy sister Silencia was the most recent victim of the lions, which have been tormenting…

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    The Sword And The Spear

    Mia Couto

    A powerful evocation of love, loyalty and war in 19th-century Africa

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    Woman of the Ashes

    Mia Couto

    The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa’s most important writers.

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    Sea Loves Me: Selected Stories

    Mia Couto

    New and selected fiction, over half in English for the first time, from the winner of the 2014 Neustadt Prize.

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    Caminhos de Mia Couto

    Benevides Ricardo

    A obra romanesca de Mia Couto e o objeto da investigacao deste livro, ponto de partida para tentar compreender a contribuicao do autor na afirmacao do romance africano e na…

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    Mia Couto: memoria e identidades

    Otinta Jorge

    Moveu-nos a ideia de operar grandes transformacoes, em termos de percepcao e compreensao do fenomeno literario em Mocambique, de um lado; e das literaturas de lingua portuguesa, de outro.Para isso…

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    Mozambican cultural identity in Mia Couto’s short story

    Paula Helena N P Pimentel Ferreira

    This book analyses the literary work of Mia Couto: O dia em que explodiu Mabata bata (1986), where the cultural identity of Mozambique is presented in a lyrical way, entangling…

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    Pensativities: Selected Essays

    Mia Couto

    The first collection of essays in English by the winner of the 2013 Camoes Prize and the 2014 Neustadt Prize.

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    The Sword and the Spear

    Mia Couto

    A powerful evocation of love, loyalty and war in 19th-century Africa

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    The Drinker of Horizons

    Mia Couto

    "The third volume of a historical trilogy from the noted Mozambican author"--

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    Woman Of The Ashes

    Mia Couto

    In this vivid and enchanting novel, Mia Couto masterfully interweaves history with folklore and has managed to create a work of rare originality and imagination.

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    The Tuner of Silences

    Mia Couto

    Eleven when I saw a woman for the first time, I was seized by such surprise I burst into tears.

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    The Drinker of Horizons

    Mia Couto

    Set against the backdrop of the war between the Kingdom of Gaza, one of the last great pre-colonial African kingdoms, and the Portuguese colonialists, a young African woman Imani and…

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    Rain: And Other Stories

    Mia Couto

    A new translation of brilliant stories by Man Booker-finalist and author of Confession of the Lioness.

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    Tempo e memoria na narrativa Antes de nascer o mundo - Mia Couto

    Andrade Pereira Elaine Cristina

    A dificuldade humana em se relacionar com o tempo e um dos assuntos centrais da obra Antes de nascer o mundo, do escritor Mia Couto. Tal narrativa recria o cenario…

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    Sebastiao Salgado. Africa

    Mia Couto

    Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists. His work concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. This book…

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    Sebastiao Salgado. Africa

    Mia Couto

    Sebastiao Salgado’s stark black-and-white images of Africa come together in this remarkable photographic collection, shot over a period of 30 years. These images tell the tale of a continent ravaged…

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    Woman of the Ashes

    Mia Couto

    Mia Couto presents the first novel in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa’s most important writers.

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    Woman of the Ashes

    Mia Couto

    Mia Couto presents the first novel in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa’s most important writers.

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    Woman of the Ashes

    Mia Couto

    Mia Couto presents the first novel in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa’s most important writers.

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    Imagine Africa

    Mia Couto,Scholastique Mukasonga,Paulina Chiziane,Cedric Nunn,David Brookshaw

    Imagine Africa and its theme of Revolution is introduced by Georges Lory who opens the collection with his essay, Poets to your quills, Africa is taking off . Through a…

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