A companion to Mia Couto / edited by Grant Hamilton & David Huddart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamilton, Grant, editor.

Huddart, David (David Paul), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Couto, Mia, 1955---Criticism and interpretation.

Couto, Mia.

Couto, Mia, 1955-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : James Currey, 2016.

Summary:

This new research in English on the work of the Mozambican writer Mia Couto provides a comprehensive introduction to the critical terrain of Couto's literary thought. It's wonderful to see that large numbers of English-language readers are now discovering the exceptionally gifted, delightful and clear-sighted Mia Couto. Alongside his own essayistic writing, recently translated into English as Pensativities, this companion is just what all of us Couto aficionados have been waiting for. - Stefan Tobler, publisher at And Other Stories and translator For anyone who still remains to be convinced about the importance of Mia Couto as an imperative 21st-century 'must read' author, this sophisticated but very readable volume will surely, and definitively, do the trick. - Hilary Owen, Professor of Portuguese and Luso-African Studies, University of Manchester Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Mia Couto in Context / David Brookshaw Brookshaw, David 17

2 Uma coisa fraterna: Mia Couto & the Mutumbela Gogo Theater Group / Luís Madureira Madureira, Luís 25

3 Reading Raiz de orvalho: Counterpointing Literary Genres in the Work of Mia Couro / Elena Brugioni Brugioni, Elena 49

4 Spaces of Magic: Mia Couto's Relational Practices / Irene Marques Marques, Irene 64

5 Mia Couto or the Art of Storytelling / Patrick Chabal Chabal, Patrick 86

6 The Multiple Worlds of Mia Couto / Bill Ashcroft Ashcroft, Bill 106

7 'Ask Life' Animism & the Metaphysical Detective / David Huddart Huddart, David 125

8 Mia Couto & Translation / Stefan Helgesson Helgesson, Stefan 140

9 Jesusalem: Empty Fathers & Women's Texts / Phillip Rothwell Rothwell, Phillip 157

10 Trauma: Repetition & Pure Repetition in The Tuner of Silences / Grant Hamilton Hamilton, Grant 170

11 Seeing Like a Crocodile Bird Mia Couto's The Last Flight of the Flamingo / Andrew Mahlstedt Mahlstedt, Andrew 188

12 Mia Couto & Nostalgia: Reading The Last Flight of the Flamingo / Emily Chow Chow, Emily 203

13 Mia Couto, Contexts & Issues: A Bibliographic Essay / Grant Hamilton Hamilton, Grant, David Huddart Huddart, David 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-235) and index.

ISBN:

1847011454

9781847011459

OCLC:

940363222

Publisher Number:

99971555377