Extraordinary vision . . . his prose is suffused with striking images. The Washington Post
To read Mia Couto is to encounter a peculiarly African sensibility, a writer of fluid, fragmentary narratives . . . remarkable. The New Statesman
With a magical realism that blurs the boundaries between life and the afterlife in Mozambique, Mia Couto captures Africa todaya brilliant dissonance of old and new sounds.