Mia Couto

A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's "Confession of the Lioness" reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women who live there

Pintalgato vive sendo alertado pela mãe para que não ultrapasse a fronteira do dia. Mas ele, louco para descobrir o que se esconde sob a sombra da noite, decide se aventurar e acaba tendo um encontro inusitado com o escuro. Quando volta para a luz do dia, descobre que seu pêlo, antes amarelo com pintinhas, está preto como a noite, e fica apavorado. Com ajuda da mãe, porém, consegue perceber que o medo do escuro, na verdade, é o medo das "ideias escuras que temos sobre o escuro". Com uma prosa envolvente e cheia de pequenas surpresas poéticas, Mia Couto elabora uma bela fábula sobre as aflições e o encantamento com o desconhecido. Nas palavras do autor: "A maior parte dos medos que sofremos, crianças e adultos, foram fabricados para nos roubar curiosidade e para matar a vontade de querermos saber o que existe para além do horizonte".

Sidonio Rosa est tombé éperdument amoureux de Deolinda, une jeune Mozambicaine, au cours d'un congrès médical à Lisbonne, ils se sont aimés puis elle est repartie chez elle. Il se met à sa recherche et s'installe comme coopérant à Vila Cacimba. Il y rencontre les parents de sa bien-aimée, entame des relations ambiguës avec son père et attend patiemment qu'elle revienne de son stage. Mais reviendra-t-elle un jour ? Là, dans la brume qui envahit paysage et âmes, il découvre les secrets et les mystères de la petite ville, la famille des Sozinho, Munda et Bartolomeu, le vieux marin. L'Administrateur et sa Petite Epouse, la messagère mystérieuse à la robe grise qui répand les fleurs de l'oubli. Les femmes désirantes et abandonnées. L'absence dont on ne guérit jamais. Un roman au charme inquiétant écrit dans une langue unique.

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"Diogo Santiago é um prestigiado e respeitado intelectual moçambicano. Professor universitário em Maputo, poeta, desloca-se pela primeira vez em muitos anos à sua terra natal, a cidade da Beira, nas vésperas do ciclone que a arrasou em 2019, para receber uma homenagem que os seus concidadãos lhe querem prestar. Mas o regresso à Beira é também, e talvez para ele seja sobretudo, o regresso a um passado longínquo, à sua infância e juventude, quando ainda Moçambique era uma colónia portuguesa. Menino branco, é filho de um pai jornalista e sobretudo poeta, e de uma mãe toda sentido prático e completamente terra-a-terra. Do pai recorda o que viveu com ele: duas viagens ao local de terríveis massacres cometidos pela tropa colonial, a sua perseguição e prisão pela PIDE, mas sobretudo, e em tudo isto, o seu amor pela poesia. Mas recorda também, entre os vivos, o criado Benedito (agora dirigente da FRELIMO) e o seu irmão Jerónimo Fungai, morto a tiro nos braços da sua amada, a bela e infeliz Mariana Sarmento, o farmacêutico Natalino Fernandes, o inspector da PIDE Óscar Campos, a tenaz e poderosa Maniara, e muitos outros; e de entre os mortos sobressaem o régulo Capitine, que vê uma mulher a voar."

Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather's funeral...

A collection of 20 stories written between 1980-1991 which deal with themes relevant to various regions of Africa.

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'A man's story is always badly told. That's because a person never stops being born. Nobody leads one sole life, we are all multiplied into different and ever-changeable men.' So it is with all the stories in this collection, which never make a definitive judgement on the individual life, but only suggest its possibilities. Set in Mozambique, the stories reflect the legacy of Portuguese colonialism and the tragedy of the subsequent civil war. Mia Couto's first collection, Voices Made Night, was described as 'lyrical', 'magical' and 'compassionate' by the reviewers, who were unanimous in identifying a significant new talent from the continent. This volume confirms that judgement.

In 1187, during the last years of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Knight of the Temple is drawn into the councils of the leper-king of Jerusalem as he does battle with the Sultan.

Mulheres de Cinza é o primeiro livro de uma trilogia sobre os derradeiros dias do chamado Estado de Gaza, o segundo maior império em África dirigido por um africano. Ngungunyane (ou Gungunhane, como ficou conhecido pelos portugueses) foi o último de uma série de imperadores que governou metade do território de Moçambique. Derrotado em 1895 pelas forças portuguesas comandadas por Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Ngungunyane foi deportado para os Açores onde veio a morrer em 1906. Os seus restos mortais terão sido trasladados para Moçambique em 1985. Existem, no entanto, versões que sugerem que não foram as ossadas do imperador que voltaram dentro da urna. Foram torrões de areia. Do grande adversário de Portugal restam areias recolhidas em solo português. Esta narrativa é uma recreação ficcional inspirada em factos e personagens reais. Serviram de fonte de informação uma extensa documentação produzida em Moçambique e em Portugal e, mais importante ainda, diversas entrevistas efetuadas em Maputo eInhambane.

Henning Mankell Mwanito was eleven when he saw a woman for the first time, and the sight so surprised him he burst into tears. Mwanito has been living in a former big-game park for eight years. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle, and a servant. He's been told that the rest of the world is dead, that all roads are sad, that they wait for an apology from God. In the place his father calls Jezoosalem, Mwanito has been told that crying and praying are the same thing. Both, it seems, are forbidden. 'The Tuner of Silences' is the story of Mwanito's struggle to reconstruct a family history that his father is unable to discuss. With the young woman's arrival in Jezoosalem, however, the silence of the past quickly breaks down, and both his father's story and the world are heard once more.

The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa's most important writers. Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village. Desperate for help, Germano enlists Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, to act as his interpreter. She belongs to the VaChopi tribe, one of the few who dared side with the Portuguese. But while one of her brothers fights for the Crown of Portugal, the other has chosen the African emperor. Standing astride two kingdoms, Imani is drawn to Germano, just as he is drawn to her. But she knows that in a country haunted by violence, the only way out for a woman is to go unnoticed, as if made of shadows or ashes.

"Covering the entire arc of Couto's career, this collection displays the Mozambican author's inventiveness, sensitivity, and social range with greater richness than any previous collection, including early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism; magical tales of rural Africa; and contemporary fables of the slipperiness of race and gender, environmental disaster and the clash between the countryside and the city. The title novella, long acclaimed as one of Couto's best works but never before made available in English, caps this collection with the lyrical story of a search for a lost father that leads to unexpected love."--Provided by publisher.

This is not a guidebook. And it's definitely 'not-for-parents'. It is the real inside story about one of the world's most exciting continents - Africa. In this book you'll hear fascinating tales about Dogon warriors, fearless explorers, Nollywood film stars, crazy coffins, Egyptian tombs and witch doctors. Check out cool stories about Tuareg nomads, the world's biggest diamond, killer crocodiles, and eccentric dictators. You'll find thumb pianos and mummified monkeys, camel caravans, a goldendeath mask, a seriously tough desert race, and history galore. This book shows you an Africa your parents probably don't even know about.