by Mia Couto · Editorial Caminho · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722111348
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«Estórias abensonhadas» is the short story collection by Mozambican author Mia Couto, published by Editorial Caminho in paperback (159 pages, in Portuguese).
The stories take place in Mozambique in the period after the civil war and portray the reconstruction of everyday life and identity. Mia Couto's lyrical writing blends the real and the marvellous and incorporates neologisms that renew the language, with a human gaze on memory and hope.
The work, originally published in 1997, belongs to contemporary literature in the Portuguese language.
For readers interested in contemporary African literature and short fiction.
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.
