Rain: And Other Stories
Autor Mia Couto Traducere de Eric M.B. Beckeren Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2017
"Couto's work doesn't so much blur the generic and stylistic boundaries we normally draw as explode them."—The Boston Globe
This new collection of short fiction from Mia Couto, author of Confession of the Lioness (FSG, 2015), offers a stylistically dazzling variety of pieces tackling both timely and timeless issues: the ravages of war, the legacy of colonialism, endemic racism, and more.
Mia Couto is the author of twenty-five books of fiction, essays, and poems. He was the winner of the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.
This new collection of short fiction from Mia Couto, author of Confession of the Lioness (FSG, 2015), offers a stylistically dazzling variety of pieces tackling both timely and timeless issues: the ravages of war, the legacy of colonialism, endemic racism, and more.
Mia Couto is the author of twenty-five books of fiction, essays, and poems. He was the winner of the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize.
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ISBN-13: 9781771961219
ISBN-10: 177196121X
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 127 x 178 mm
Editura: BIBLIOASIS
Colecția Biblioasis
ISBN-10: 177196121X
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 127 x 178 mm
Editura: BIBLIOASIS
Colecția Biblioasis
Notă biografică
Mia Couto, an environmental biologist from Mozambique, was a recent finalist for the Man Booker International Prize. He is the author of 25 books of fiction, essays, and poems in his native Portuguese. His most recent novel in English translation was Confession of a Lioness, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2015. Couto’s novels and short story collections have been translated into 20 languages. He was the winner of the prestigious 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Eric M.B.Becker is the editor of the world literature journal " Words without Borders". He is a PEN/Heim-winning translator from the Portuguese. He was awarded a 2016 Fulbright Fellowship to translate Brazilian literature and will be spending 2016 in Brazil.
Eric M.B.Becker is the editor of the world literature journal " Words without Borders". He is a PEN/Heim-winning translator from the Portuguese. He was awarded a 2016 Fulbright Fellowship to translate Brazilian literature and will be spending 2016 in Brazil.
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A new translation of brilliant stories by Man Booker-finalist and author of Confession of the Lioness.