“An original and fresh tale, quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much.”—Doris Lessing
“A peculiarily African sensibility . . . a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives. . . . Remarkable.”—New Statesman
A police inspector is investigating a strange murder—a case in which all the suspects are eager to claim responsibility for the act.
Set in a former Portuguese slave fort, Under the Frangipani combines fable and allegory, dreams and myths with an earthy humor. Part thriller, part an exploration of language itself, Mia Couto’s novel surprises and delights.
Mia Couto works as an agronomist in Maputo, Mozambique.
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Couto?s tale unfolds on two levels: first, as a mystery story, for the fantastic confessions generate a ?whodunnit? suspense; more demandingly as a thematic puzzle? TLS ?To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarily African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives...a remarkable novel? New Statesman ?This is an original and fresh tale quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa. I enjoyed it very much? Doris Lessing
Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the AIM news agency in Maputo. He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist.
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