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1 de jan. de 2012 · 3.83. 3,263 ratings380 reviews. A dark, poetic mystery about the women of the remote village of Kulumani and the lionesses that hunt them. Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are ...
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Confession of the Lioness (Portuguese: A confissão da leoa) is a novel written by Mozambican author Mia Couto. Originally published in 2012, it was translated from Portuguese to English in 2015 by David Brookshaw, and it was also a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015.
Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize, Mia Couto’s Confession of the Lioness tackles large issues in deceptively simple ways. Devices such as diary entries, letter writing, firsthand accounts, magical realism, and proverbs conspire to tell the story of the fate of a poor village after the end of the civil war in Mozambique (ca ...
14 de jul. de 2015 · Both a riveting mystery and a poignant examination of women's oppression, Confession of the Lioness explores the confrontation between the modern world and ancient traditions to produce an atmospheric, gripping novel. Imprint Publisher. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN. 9780374710958. In The News.
Both a riveting mystery and a poignant examination of women's oppression, Confession of the Lioness explores the confrontation between the modern world and ancient traditions to produce an...
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Told through two haunting, interwoven diaries, Mia Couto's Confession of the Lioness reveals the mysterious world of Kulumani, an isolated village in Mozambique whose traditions and beliefs are threatened when ghostlike lionesses begin hunting the women who live there.
