Sleepwalking Land

As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a young boy, refugees from the war, seek shelter in a burnt out bus Among the effects of a dead passenger, they come across a set of notebooks that tell of his life As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, this story and their own develop in tandem Written in 1992, Mia Couto s first novel is a powerful indictment of the suffering war brings. Free Read [ Sleepwalking Land ] Author [ Mia Couto ] – kino-fada.fr Quem conta um conto acrescenta um ponto Em 1992 o escritor e bi logo mo ambicano Mia Couto n 1955 publicou o seu primeiro romance Terra Son mbula traduzido para ingl s por David Brookshaw e editado em 2006 com o t tulo Sleepwalking Land Naquele lugar, a guerra tinha morto a estrada Pelos caminhos s as hienas se arrastavam, focinhando entre cinzas e poeiras A paisagem se mesti ara de tristezas nunca vistas, em cores que se pegavam boca Em cores sujas, t o sujas que tinham perdid Quem conta um conto acrescenta um ponto Em 1992 o escritor e bi logo mo ambicano Mia Couto n 1955 publicou o seu pr...Kind of an African Arabian Nights Beautiful and very original recreation of the Portuguese language Mozambican fantasy interweaving stories uma esp cie de Mil e uma noites africanas Lind ssima e muito original recria o da l ngua portuguesa Fantasia e realismo m gico mo ambicano.What a powerful and reflective book about the aftermath of war The images of loss, desire, eking out an existence compounded with war makes for some stark images But this is a book of hope.Set in the 1970 s Mo ambique, an older man, Tuahir also called uncle and a young man Muidinga clear the burnt bodies out of a bombed out bus to have a place to live While clearing the bodies, they find a notebook by Kindzu The notebook will be a grand diversion for the two men from their meager lives.And What a powerful and reflective book about the aftermath of war The images of loss, desire, eking out an existence compounded with war makes for some stark images But this is a book of hope.Set in the 1970 s Mo ambique, an older man, Tuahir also called uncle and a young man Muidinga clear the burnt bodies out of a bombed out bus to have a place to live While clearing the bodies, they find a notebook by Kindzu The notebook will be a grand diversion for the two men from their meager lives.And the story is a great enjoyment for them and myself The story tells the captivating story of Kindzu searching for a better life from his humble background He meets Farida looking for her son Gaspar On display is the art of storytelling Everyone has a great story t... Terra Son mbula exprime uma abordagem muito interessante, e algo perturbadora, sobre as consequ ncias da guerra civil em Mo ambique Nele lemos sobre o resultado da atrocidade e da brutalidade da guerra, sem a viol ncia propriamente dita In meras met foras servem para criar ora imagens terr veis ora imagens muito bonitas, servindo se do folclore da terra para criar a atmosfera ideal, m tica Tanto simbolismo n o vem sem grande ambiguidade, pelo que a interpreta o do texto pode ser, por vezes, Terra Son mbula exprime uma abordagem muito interessante, e algo perturbadora, sobre as consequ ncias da guerra civil em Mo ambique Nele lemos sobre o resultado da atrocidade e da brutalidade da guerra, sem a viol ncia propriamente dita In meras met foras servem para criar ora imagens terr veis ora imagens muit...This is an excellent, classic grade novel but how do we get folks to find out about a work set in Mozambique, written in 1992 and translated from the Portuguese in 2006 Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony that Indian Ocean country on the east coast of Southern Africa that fits around the broken off island of Madagascar This novel takes us back to the 1970 s when a war of independence against colonial Portugal disintegrated into civil war, and ultimately, simply into banditry and chaos This is an excellent, classic grade novel but how do we get folks to find out about a work set in Mozambique, written in 1992 and translated from the Portuguese in 2006 Mozambique is a former Portuguese colony that Indian Ocean country on the east coast of Southern Africa that fits around the broken off island of Madagascar This novel takes us back to the 1970 s when a war of independence against colonial Portugal disintegrated into civil war, and ultimatel...Normally I reserve my 5 star rating for tried and true books, books that I ve returned to again and again When I finished Sleepwalking Land, though, I flipped back to page 1 and started over immediately It is one of the most gorgeous, devastating and disturbing books I ve ever read Sleepwalking Land is set during Mozambique s civil war, which commenced shortly after the...I really wanted to enjoy this book It starts well with prose that has a sense of magic in it absent from most contemporary fiction You ll come upon lines like this the sea opens like a blue word But the plot corners itself when the main characters hole up in a bus And the narrative present shrivels away into magical realism.But there are still great moments, and the book probably deserves three stars for...Mia Couto no seu melhor Quem nunca leu este autor, pode come ar por aquiA obra tem como pano de fundo os tempos de guerra em Mo ambique, e neste cen rio que toda a hist ria se desenrola As personagens s o de uma enorme humanidade, onde vigora um doloroso desespero e uma esperan a que se recusa a morrer, permanecendo sempre uma dimens o m gica e m tica A obra de uma riqueza liter ria e cultural fenomenal, que...Cheio de neologismos e poesia Um retrato de Mo ambique durante a cruel guerra civil A estrutura do livro interessante, pois alterna o presente mostrando a conviv ncia de um homem e um menino que perambulam a margem da sociedade e da guerra, e o passado registrado nos cadernos de Kindzu Um tanto de...

• English
• 07 November 2018
Mia Couto
• Paperback
• 256 pages
• 185242897X
• Mia Couto
• Sleepwalking Land