by Mia Couto · Editions Chandeigne · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782915540178
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«Tombe, tombe au fond de l'eau» is the story by Mia Couto, Mozambican writer, published by Editions Chandeigne in paperback (80 pages, in French).
Zeca Perpétuo, an old fisherman on the Mozambican coast, has eyes only for his neighbour Dona Luarmina, who spends her hours plucking invisible flowers. Their daily conversations, at times comic or moving, take unusual paths and reveal heavy secrets. Can they sustain the dialogue while their existence, already precarious, sinks?
Translation from Mozambican Portuguese by Elisabeth Monteiro Rodrigues; 2005 edition belonging to the Lusitane collection.
For readers of translated literary fiction and contemporary African narrative, particularly those who want to approach Mia Couto.
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.
