Many of the books I read illustrate just how connected we are to each other. One character’s actions will affect another character’s life, who will in turn change a third character’s life. But every now and then, I’ll read a book about people and places that are so isolated from the rest of the worl...
Published July 14, 2015 (English edition) Published 2012 (Portuguese Edition) Translation by David Brookshaw. Disclaimer: I received an advance reader's copy of this book directly from the publisher in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own, and no monetary compensation...
Lunatyczna kraina jest literackim debiutem Couto, a jednocześnie określa się ją mianem najwybitniejszego utworu w jego dorobku. Mia, a właściwie António Emílio Leite Couto to urodzony w Beirze w 1955 roku mozambicki pisarz i biolog, potomek portugalskich kolonistów. Ten być może szczegół jest szalen...
Great and sometimes great fun. Noted with interest for those keeping track of the ongoing discussion about fiction in translation: this came out in 1990 and the translator's name, David Brookshaw, is on neither the front nor back cover.