by Mia Couto · Caminho · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722126052
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«Jesusalém» is the novel by Mia Couto, published by Caminho in paperback (296 pages, in Portuguese).
The story follows Mwanito, a boy growing up in an isolated, all-male community founded by his father after a devastating war. The father has convinced him that the outside world no longer exists and only silence remains. With poetic prose close to magical realism, the novel explores memory, guilt, and identity.
Mia Couto is a Mozambican writer; the novel, subtitled «romance», was originally published in 2009.
A reference work for readers of contemporary African literature and literary fiction in Portuguese.
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.
