Books set in Mozambique (25)
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1.
A Girl Named Disaster by Nancy Farmer EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The 1997 Newbery Honor Book. Orphan must deal with cruelty, run away, Africa.
2.
As pequenas doenças da eternidade : Contos by Mia Couto PT
Country: Africa / 
Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
Nesta seleta de contos, uma edição especial para leitores brasileiros, Mia Couto traz histórias que tratam de grandes males que assombram a sociedade, dos tempos mais remotos aos dias atuais. A perspectiva da finitude, o medo do abandono, indiferença, traições, guerras e pandemias — são estes alguns dos temas que perpassam os textos aqui reunidos. "Peço a Deus que me dê a felicidade das pequenas doenças", assim começa o conto que dá título a esta coletânea de textos de Mia Couto. Nele, uma mãe e seu filho rezam para evitar graves enfermidades e tentam, sem sucesso, postergar o próprio fim. A s... continue
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Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto EN
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women who live there. Mariamar, a woman whose sister was killed in a lioness attack, finds her life thrown into chaos when the outsider Archangel Bullseye, the marksman hired to kill the lionesses, arrives at the request of the village elders. Ma... continue
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Dumba Nengue, Run for Your Life : Peasant Tales of Tragedy in Mozambique by Lina Magaia EN
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
A personal account of the horrifying effects of life caused by apartheid South African backed MNR rebels in Mozambique
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From Timor Leste to Australia : Seven Families, Three Generations Tell Their Stories by Janet Trezise EN
Country: Asia / 
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Description:
A collection of poignant stories and poems of seven East Timorese families living in Melbourne whose experiences belong to that long history of human tragedy created where violent conflict of power, land and resources takes place, inevitably visiting on ordinary people, disruption and loss. Since 1975 to 1999, men, women and children, and even grandparents, have been forced to flee their beloved homeland, their culture, their language, their families - - and the graves of those murdered in repeated massacres over those years. The East Timorese have a special place in our history: so close geog... continue
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La lluvia indecisa by Mia Couto ES
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
La lluvia no se decide a caer. Como un velo, queda suspendida en el aire, por encima de la tierra a la que ya no moja. ¿Por qué? ¿Una maldición? ¿El humo de la fábrica? ¿Una interpelación de los antepasados? Mientras se intenta encontrar causas o culpables, se develarán otras verdades. En este descubrir, el protagonista pasará de la inocencia a un estado de conciencia que bien podría ser el comienzo de la madurez.
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La terraza del frangipani by Mia Couto ES
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
Hay crímenes que desafían la lógica. Su rango de singularidad abre la puerta a una historia mayor. A un caso de esta naturaleza se enfrenta el inspector Izidine Naíta. Es un policía de ciudad y debe investigar el asesinato del director de un asilo, albergado en un edificio que fue una legendaria fortaleza, ubicada lejos de la modernidad urbana. El país es Mozambique; el año, 1976. Poco tiempo atrás hubo una revolución, entre otras misiones, que aspira a dejar atrás la cultura ancestral, los mitos y las leyendas. La primera sorpresa surge en los interrogatorios: cada uno de los sospechosos se d... continue
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Lunatyczna kraina by Mia Couto PL
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
Zaczyna się jak u Becketta: pustą drogą wędrują stary mężczyzna i chłopiec, który nie pamięta, kim jest. W poszukiwaniu schronienia docierają do wraku autobusu, gdzie przy jednym z martwych ciał znajdują plik zapisanych zeszytów. Czytając co wieczór mężczyźnie jeden z nich, chłopiec odkrywa, że historia autora, Kindzu, w zagadkowy sposób splata się z jego własnym życiem. Dalej jest jak u Márqueza: sen przenika się z jawą, przodkowie upominają się o swoje, a wszystkim rządzą przepowiednie i czary. Dzienniki Kindzu opisują jego zmagania z duchem ojca, zdobytą i... continue
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Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours. On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night's celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Nei... continue
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O mapeador de ausências by Mia Couto PT
Country: Africa / Mozambique
Mozambique
Description:
O personagem principal desta história regressa a Moçambique depois de anos de ausência. E regressa também ao passado, envolvendo-se numa teia de acontecimentos que parecem dar continuidade ao que tinha ficado parado a aguardar explicação anos atrás. Os papéis da PIDE fizeram-me lembrar a biografia que ainda não terminei de escrever.