Overview
Region
Central Africa
Angola
Era
Contemporary
Language
Portuguese
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
A coming-of-age novel set in Luanda in the 1990s, narrated by a young boy growing up amid Cuban teachers, food shortages, and civil war, a tender, funny portrait of childhood under socialism and the slow unraveling of revolutionary ideals.
Literary Significance
Ondjaki is among the most internationally recognized voices in contemporary Lusophone African literature