The Sword and the Spear

by Mia Couto

Book Overview

The second novel in the exhilarating Sands of the Emperor trilogy, following the Man Booker International Prize finalist Woman of the Ashes

Mozambique, 1895. After an attack on his quarters, the defeated Portuguese sergeant Germano de Melo needs to be taken to the hospital. The only one within reach is along the river Inhambane, so his lover Imani undertakes an arduous rescue mission, accompanied by her father and brother...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374256896
• ISBN13: 9780374256890
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.1"