Mia Couto

Woman of the Ashes

Übersetzer: Brookshaw, David

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In turn of the nineteenth century Mozambique, Imani's cultural identity and family life are torn apart by the shifts in the region, with the story of these events interwoven with history and folklore. Couto was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: World Editions
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781642860399
• ISBN-10: 1642860395
• Artikelnr.: 54454058

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Introductory Note ix
1. Unearthed Stars 3
2. The Sergeant's First Letter 16
3. The Soil's Page 22
4. The Sergeant's Second Letter 34
5. The Sergeant Who Listened to Rivers 40
6. The Sergeant's Third Letter 50
7. On Bats' Wings 56
8. The Sergeant's Fourth Letter 66
9. Message from the Dead, Silence from the Living 71
10. The Sergeant's Fifth Letter 83
11. The Sin of the Moths 90
12. The Sergeant's Sixth Letter 99
13. Between Oaths and Promises 104
14. The Sergeant's Seventh Letter 115
15. A King Made Dust 119
16. The Sergeant's Eighth Letter 126
17. A Lightning Flash from the Soil 134
18. The Sergeant's Ninth Letter 146
19. White Horses, Black Ants 150
20. The Sergeant's Tenth Letter 165
21. A Brother Fashioned from Ash 170
22. The Sergeant's Eleventh Letter 191
23. A Wingless Bat 199
24. The Sergeant's Twelfth Letter 208
25. Lands, Wars, Burials, and Banishments 212
26. The Sergeant's Thirteenth Letter 226
27. Hands in Flight 234
28. The Sergeant's Last Letter 246
29. A Road Made of Water 250