by Mia Couto · 10/18 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264033970
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«Les baleines de Quissico» is the short story collection by Mia Couto published by 10/18 in paperback (242 pages, in French).
Around twenty stories take the reader to a Mozambique where the everyday coexists with the magical: a snake hunter fences his beloved's house with them, and a man scalds his wife for believing she is a witch. War, drought and tradition form the backdrop to stories about the human condition.
Original title: Vozes anoitecidas (1986). French translation: Maryvonne Lapouge-Pettorelli. Collection: Domaine étranger from 10/18.
For readers of short fiction and contemporary African narrative interested in stories that mix realism and fantastical elements.
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.
