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by Mia Couto (Author), David Brookshaw (Translator) "To put it crudely and rudely, here's what happened: a severed penis was found right there on the trunk road just outside Tizangara ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Serpent's Tail (4 Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1852428139
  • ISBN-13: 978-1852428136
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 164,112 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The civil war in Mozambique has ended but still the local soldiers are being hit by the landmines that litter the ground. When United Nations peacekeepers begin to suffer too, a high-level delegation visits the village of Tizangara, to initiate an investigation. Alongside representatives of central government and UN officials is an Italian, Massimo Risi, who has been charged with the business of finding out what happened. Risi?s interpreter has collated information for posterity based on taped interviews, letters and witness accounts, documents which form the backbone of this book, as he narrates it. Global issues are seen from a local African perspective in this subtle and playful novel, in which Mia Couto blends oral storytelling techniques with his customary originality and flair.


About the Author

Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the AIM news agency in Maputo. He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his other books, 3 Aug 2008
By Gogol (England) - See all my reviews
  
I am a great fan of Mia Couto's books. I love how he is able to take you deep within the social fabric of life in Mozambique this book however I felt fell short. The story is a little confusing and in many parts, pointless it is only at the conclusion of the book you have any idea of what the story was realy about. Unlike his other novels the characters have no appeal nor does the story have anything distinct to make it stand out from his other books; it is almost as if he was running out of ideas with this one.

The horrific wars that took place in Mozambique have been largely overlooked in the West especially the aftermath, a country scared by mines. Something which makes Mia Coutos books all the more powerful.

Try, voices made night. A collection of short stories some of which almost follow the same lines of this one but a whole lot better.
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