by Mia Couto · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722111294
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«Contos do nascer da terra» is the short story collection by Mozambican writer Mia Couto, published by Caminho in paperback (245 pages, in Portuguese).
The stories take place in Mozambique and blend the real with the fantastic. In one, a father rows to the horizon to tear the moon from the sky and a girl gathers the fragments of the star on the beach; other tales address identity, culture, and the relationship with nature.
The work belongs to the series «Uma terra sem amos» (no. 86) and was originally published in 1997.
For readers interested in contemporary African literature and short fiction.
António Emílio Leite Couto, better known as Mia Couto, is a Mozambican writer. He won the Camões Prize in 2013, the most important literary award in the Portuguese language, and the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014.
