The Resource Rain and other stories, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker
Rain and other stories, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker
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- Summary
- "Published in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia Couto's third collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the author writes, "every man is the same: pretending he's here, dreaming of going away, and plotting his return." Shifting masterfully between forms--creation tale to meditation, playful comedy to magical twist--these stories grapple with questions of what's been lost and what can be reclaimed, what future exists for a country that broke the yoke of colonialism only to descend into internecine war, what is Mozambican and what is Mozambique. Following fishermen and fortune-tellers, widows and drunks, and one errant hippopotamus, this new translation of stories by the Man Booker-listed author of Confession of the Lioness rediscovers possibility and what it means to be reborn."--Page 2 of cover
- Language
-
- eng
- por
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 163 pages
- Note
- Originally published as Estórias Abensonhadas: Contos by Editorial Cminho, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994
- Contents
-
- The waters of time
- Novidade's flowers
- Blind Estrelinho
- The delivery
- The perfume
- Virgilio's heel
- Rain
- Felizbento's pipe
- The flag in the sunset
- Ninety-three
- Jorojão's cradle of memories
- Lamentations of a coconut tree
- Beyond the river bend
- Serpent's embrace
- High-heel shoes
- The hapless calculus of happiness
- Joãotónio, for now
- That devil of an advocate
- War of the clowns
- Legend of Namaroi
- The woman engulfed in stone
- Drinking the time by
- The deaf father
- The oracle of death
- The shadow's departure
- Square of the gods
- Isbn
- 9781771962667
- Label
- Rain and other stories
- Title
- Rain and other stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker
- Language
-
- eng
- por
- eng
- Summary
- "Published in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia Couto's third collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the author writes, "every man is the same: pretending he's here, dreaming of going away, and plotting his return." Shifting masterfully between forms--creation tale to meditation, playful comedy to magical twist--these stories grapple with questions of what's been lost and what can be reclaimed, what future exists for a country that broke the yoke of colonialism only to descend into internecine war, what is Mozambican and what is Mozambique. Following fishermen and fortune-tellers, widows and drunks, and one errant hippopotamus, this new translation of stories by the Man Booker-listed author of Confession of the Lioness rediscovers possibility and what it means to be reborn."--Page 2 of cover
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Couto, Mia
- Dewey number
- 869.3/42
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Portuguese
- Literary form
- short stories
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Becker, Eric M. B.
- Series statement
- Biblioasis international translation series
- Series volume
- 25
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Couto, Mia
- Mozambique
- Short stories, Mozambican (Portuguese)
- Label
- Rain and other stories, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker
- Note
- Originally published as Estórias Abensonhadas: Contos by Editorial Cminho, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The waters of time -- Novidade's flowers -- Blind Estrelinho -- The delivery -- The perfume -- Virgilio's heel -- Rain -- Felizbento's pipe -- The flag in the sunset -- Ninety-three -- Jorojão's cradle of memories -- Lamentations of a coconut tree -- Beyond the river bend -- Serpent's embrace -- High-heel shoes -- The hapless calculus of happiness -- Joãotónio, for now -- That devil of an advocate -- War of the clowns -- Legend of Namaroi -- The woman engulfed in stone -- Drinking the time by -- The deaf father -- The oracle of death -- The shadow's departure -- Square of the gods
- Control code
- ocn966404626
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 163 pages
- Isbn
- 9781771962667
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 1317232
- (Sirsi) o966404626
- (OCoLC)966404626
- Label
- Rain and other stories, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by Eric M.B. Becker
- Note
- Originally published as Estórias Abensonhadas: Contos by Editorial Cminho, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The waters of time -- Novidade's flowers -- Blind Estrelinho -- The delivery -- The perfume -- Virgilio's heel -- Rain -- Felizbento's pipe -- The flag in the sunset -- Ninety-three -- Jorojão's cradle of memories -- Lamentations of a coconut tree -- Beyond the river bend -- Serpent's embrace -- High-heel shoes -- The hapless calculus of happiness -- Joãotónio, for now -- That devil of an advocate -- War of the clowns -- Legend of Namaroi -- The woman engulfed in stone -- Drinking the time by -- The deaf father -- The oracle of death -- The shadow's departure -- Square of the gods
- Control code
- ocn966404626
- Dimensions
- 19 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 163 pages
- Isbn
- 9781771962667
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 1317232
- (Sirsi) o966404626
- (OCoLC)966404626
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