Southern Africa
Mozambique
Contemporary
Portuguese
Fiction
A lioness is killing women in a remote village. An outsider hunter and the village headman's daughter try to understand the attacks in this haunting exploration of colonial wounds and gendered violence.
Literary Significance
One of Couto's most politically engaged novels; based on a real event in northern Mozambique
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editorial-summarynot primary textA lioness is killing women in a remote village. An outsider hunter and the village headman's daughter try to understand the attacks in this haunting exploration of colonial wounds and gendered violence. One of Couto's most politically engaged novels; based on a real event in northern Mozambique
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