Overview
Region
Central Africa
Angola
Era
Contemporary
Language
Portuguese
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
A multigenerational saga spanning from pre-colonial Angola through independence, following a family haunted by Kianda, the water spirit of Luanda's lagoon, as the lagoon is drained to build a market, an allegory for what was sacrificed in the name of progress.
Literary Significance
Pepetela is Angola's most celebrated novelist and a former MPLA guerrilla fighter