by Mia Couto · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420443386
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«El último vuelo del flamenco» is a novel by Mia Couto, published by Alfaguara in hardback (248 pages, in Spanish).
In Tizangara a blue helmet explodes and only a penis remains; Ana Diosquiera, the town's prostitute, helps identify the victim. The UN investigator seeks explanations, but Western logic dissolves into an ancestral civilization that seems magical. A reflection on the absurdity of war, with humor, irony, and poetry.
Translation by Mario Merlino of «O último voo do flamingo». The edition is part of the Literaturas collection.
Will appeal to readers of contemporary African fiction and magical realism.
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.
