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Under the Frangipani
Mia Couto
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Description for Under the Frangipani
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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 stored slaves and ivory, Under the Frangipani combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths with an earthy humour. The dead meet the living, language is invented, reality is constantly changing. In a story which is partly a thriller, partly an exploration of language itself, Mia Couto surprises and delights, and shows just why he is one of the most important African writers of ... Read more
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 stored slaves and ivory, Under the Frangipani combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths with an earthy humour. The dead meet the living, language is invented, reality is constantly changing. In a story which is partly a thriller, partly an exploration of language itself, Mia Couto surprises and delights, and shows just why he is one of the most important African writers of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846686764
SKU
V9781846686764
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About Mia Couto
Mia Couto was born in Mozambique in 1955. When his country became independent in 1975, Couto interrupted his studies to become a journalist and newspaper editor. Later, he resumed his studies, and is now an environmental biologist. He has published poetry, short stories and a number of novels. His work has been widely recognised in the Portuguesespeaking world, and has ... Read more
Reviews for Under the Frangipani
This is an original and fresh tale quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much.
Doris Lessing A powerful and trenchant evocation of life in a society traumatised by decades of war and poverty.
New Internationalist
To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarily African sensibility, a writer of fluid, ... Read more
Doris Lessing A powerful and trenchant evocation of life in a society traumatised by decades of war and poverty.
New Internationalist
To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarily African sensibility, a writer of fluid, ... Read more