Confession of the Lioness

Name: Confession of the Lioness
Author: Mia Couto

by Mia Couto

Woman recounts her life through fables and myth in contemporary Mozambique

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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.

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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
A River Called TimeEpic novel spanning generations and African history through a woman's perspective