Overview
Region
Southern Africa
Mozambique
Era
Contemporary
Language
Portuguese (Terra Sonâmbula)
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Set during Mozambique's civil war, alternating between an old man and boy traveling through war-torn landscape and notebooks they find, blending magical realism with harsh reality.
Literary Significance
Named one of the 12 best African books of the 20th century; Mia Couto is Mozambique's most celebrated writer
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