East Africa
Mozambique
Contemporary
Portuguese
Fiction
UN peacekeepers are exploding in a small Mozambican town. An Italian inspector and local translator investigate a mystery blurring the natural and supernatural, satirizing foreign intervention in post-war Africa.
Literary Significance
Winner of the Latin Union Literary Prize; considered Couto's most politically charged work
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editorial-summarynot primary textUN peacekeepers are exploding in a small Mozambican town. An Italian inspector and local translator investigate a mystery blurring the natural and supernatural, satirizing foreign intervention in post-war Africa. Winner of the Latin Union Literary Prize; considered Couto's most politically charged work
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