Under the Frangipani by Mia Couto
A police inspector is investigating a strange murder, a case in which all the suspects are eager to claim responsibility for the act. Set in a former Portuguese fort which stored slaves and ivory, Under the Frangipani combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths with an earthy humour. The dead meet the living, language is invented, reality is constantly changing. Part thriller, part exploration of language, Mia Couto surprises and delights, and shows why he is one of the most important African writers of today.
Couto?s tale unfolds on two levels: first, as a mystery story, for the fantastic confessions generate a ?whodunnit? suspense; more demandingly as a thematic puzzle? TLS ?To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarily African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives..a remarkable novel? New Statesman ?This is an original and fresh tale quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much? Doris Lessing
Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the AIM news agency in Maputo. He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781852427290 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852427299 |
| Title | Under the Frangipani |
| Author | Mia Couto |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-05-10 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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