Mia Couto
Mozambican novelist who writes in a poetically transformed Portuguese incorporating Bantu grammatical structures and folk imagery. Sleepwalking Land and The Last Flight of the Flamingo are internationally celebrated works of lyrical postcolonial fiction.
Works
- Sleepwalking LandMozambican family journey through war and memory in surreal, magical realist landscape
- The Last Flight of the FlamingoMurder mystery in postcolonial Mozambique blending magical realism with detective fiction
- Confession of the LionessWoman recounts her life through fables and myth in contemporary Mozambique
- A River Called TimeEpic novel spanning generations and African history through a woman's perspective