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01860cam a2200385 a 4500 001 E1BD34E82B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 050921s2006 enk 000 1 eng 020 $a 9781770130517 (South Africa) 020 $a 1770130519 (South Africa) 020 $a 9781852428976 (pbk.) 020 $a 185242897X (pbk.) 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d BAKER $d VP@ $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d MNY $d IWV $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h por 042 $a ukblsr 043 $a f-mz--- 050 4 $a PQ9939.C68 $b T4713 2006 082 04 $a 869.342 $2 22 100 1 $a Couto, Mia, $d 1955- 240 10 $a Terra sonaÌmbula. $l English 245 1 $a Sleepwalking land / $c Mia Couto ; translated by David Brookshaw. 260 $a London : $b Serpent's Tail, $c 2006. 300 $a 213 p. ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a Translated from the Portuguese. 546 $a Translated from the Portuguese. 505 0 $a "An old man and a young boy, refugees from a civil war, seek shelter in a burnt out bus. Among the belongings of a dead passenger, they discover a set of notebooks that tell of his life. As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, the tale gradually becomes part of their own lives. Set in Mozambique, the book examines the effects of war and devastation on a newly independent African nation and reflects a period in the history of Mozambique when the country could only go forward after settling its account with the bloody past"--From publisher description. 650 0 $a War victims $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Mozambique $x History $y Independence and Civil War, 1975-1994 $v Fiction. 941 $a 3 952 $l CHPB482 $d 20230228010427.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190605021228.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E1BD34E82B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search