The book is a heartfelt paean of love for goa, perhaps idealistic, somewhat idealized. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Mia couto was born in 1955 in mozambique and is the most prominent writer in portuguesespeaking africa. For people not familiar with goa, it may prove confusing and too full of unknown names. A daughters story is not meant to be an academic work, but by not including more biographical detail, the author has fallen between two ships. Currently, he is a biologist employed by the great limpopo transfrontier park while continuing his work on other writing projects. An international jury at the zimbabwe international book fair called his first novel, terra sonambula sleepwalking land, one of the best 12 african books of the 20th century.
Get o ultimo voo do flamingo mia couto pdf file for free from our online library pdf file. Seu romance terra sonambula e considerado um dos dez melhores livros africanos do seculo xx. He now lives in maputo where he works as an environmental biologist. Pdf creative commons license this work is licensed under a creative commons. Mia couto became only the fourth writer in the portuguese language to take home this prestigious award, having competed against authors from portugal, france. Com recurso a neologismos, mia couto apresentanos 29 contos com um gosto a ironia nas linhas descritas. As the book opens, the author notes, after the war, i thought, there remained only ashes. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the aim news agency in maputo. Mia couto became only the fourth writer in the portuguese language to take home this prestigious award, having competed against authors from portugal, france, colombia, spain, italy, and senegal. In april 2007, he became the first african author to win the prestigious latin union award of romanic languages, which has been awarded annually in. The book can be read as a selfcontained novel, but also picks up exactly where the second volume of the trilogy ended. The mia couto shortstory collection im currently translating, entitled estorias abensonhadas working title. Mia couto s most popular book is sleepwalking land.
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