Rain: And Other Stories

by Mia Couto

Book Overview

After the war, I thought all that was left was ashes, hollow ruins . . . Today, I know that's not true. Where man remains, a seed, too, survives, a dream to inseminate time.

Published in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia Couto's third collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the author writes, "every man is the same: pretending he's here, dreaming of going away, and plotting his return."...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771962666
• ISBN13: 9781771962667
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.0"