Sea loves me. The dy Mabata-bata exploded -- How Ascolino do Perpetuo Socorro lost his spouse -- So you haven't flow yet, Carlota Gentina? -- The whales of Quissico -- The tale of the two who returned from the dead -- Patanhoca, the locesick snake catcher -- The barber's most famous customer -- Tosa Caramela -- The bird-dreaming Baobab -- The Russian princess -- The blind fisherman -- Woman of me -- The flagpoles of beyondwards -- The waters of time -- Novidade's flowers -- Blind estrelinho -- The perfume -- Rain -- Felizbento's pipe -- Jorojao's cradle of memories -- Lamentations of a coconut tree -- Beyond the river bend -- High-heel shoes -- Joaotonio, for now -- That devil of an advocate -- The deaf father -- Square of the gods -- The tearful cook's journey -- The daughter of solitude -- The widower -- A girl without words -- The very last eclipse -- The indian with the golden crotch -- The marine house -- Rungo Alberto at fantasy's whim -- The dribbler -- Sentenced to burn -- The child's heart and the heart's child -- Bartolominha and the Pelican -- Isaura, forever within me -- Dona Elisa's Belch -- The blessing -- A last look at love -- The dead man's revelations -- Ezequiela, humanity -- The captain's lover -- The assault -- Bereavement -- Stop the dance! -- Rosita -- The falling man -- The basket -- The deferred grandfather -- On that special night -- Isidorangela's fat name -- The string and the beads -- Entry into heaven -- Beggar Friday playing in the World Cup -- The owner of the man's dog -- The tearful males -- The grandmother, the city, and the traffic lights -- A fish for Eulalia -- Sea loves me.
Summary:
"Covering the entire arc of Couto's career, this collection displays the Mozambican author's inventiveness, sensitivity, and social range with greater richness than any previous collection, including early stories that reflect the harshness of life under Portuguese colonialism; magical tales of rural Africa; and contemporary fables of the slipperiness of race and gender, environmental disaster and the clash between the countryside and the city. The title novella, long acclaimed as one of Couto's best works but never before made available in English, caps this collection with the lyrical story of a search for a lost father that leads to unexpected love."--Provided by publisher.
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