Mia Couto
Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.
Books in the world atlas
Sleepwalking Land
A boy and an older man's wartime journey intertwines with a story found in notebooks.
In the atlas: Mozambique
The Tuner of Silences
Mwanito grows up in an isolated settlement where his father tries to erase the family’s painful past.
In the atlas: Mozambique
Confession of the Lioness
Lion attacks on the women of Kulumani also expose violence against women and their silencing.
In the atlas: Mozambique
The Last Flight of the Flamingo
Mysterious events in postwar Mozambique reveal tensions between a local community and outsiders.
In the atlas: Mozambique
A River Called Time
A return to the family world raises questions of memory, ancestors and belonging.
In the atlas: Mozambique