Sea loves me : selected stories /
Couto, Mia, 1955-
Sea loves me : selected stories / Mia Couto ; Translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw with Eric M. B. Becker. - 399 pages ; 21 cm - Biblioasis international translation series ; 33 . - Biblioasis international translation series ; no. 33. .
"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.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9781771963886 1771963883
20200372645 can
Portuguese fiction--Translations into English.
Short stories.
Sea loves me : selected stories / Mia Couto ; Translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw with Eric M. B. Becker. - 399 pages ; 21 cm - Biblioasis international translation series ; 33 . - Biblioasis international translation series ; no. 33. .
"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.
Translated from the Portuguese.
9781771963886 1771963883
20200372645 can
Portuguese fiction--Translations into English.
Short stories.