Research Catalog

Title

Sea loves me : selected stories / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw with Eric M. B. Becker.

Author

Couto, Mia, 1955-

Publication

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Brookshaw, David
• Becker, Eric M. B.

Description

399 pages; 21 cm.

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.

Series Statement

Biblioasis international translation series ; 33

Uniform Title

• Short stories. Selections (2021). English
• Biblioasis international translation series ; no. 33.

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

• Short stories
• Portuguese fiction > Translations into English
• Portuguese fiction

Genre/Form

• Translations.
• Short stories.
• Portuguese fiction – Translations into English.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Portuguese.

Contents

The fire -- 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.

Call Number

JFD 21-1161

ISBN

• 9781771963886
• 1771963883

OCLC

1143640930

Author

Couto, Mia, 1955- author.

Title

Sea loves me : selected stories / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw with Eric M. B. Becker.

Publisher

Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Biblioasis international translation series ; 33

Biblioasis international translation series ; no. 33.

Language

Translated from the Portuguese.

Added Author

Brookshaw, David, translator.

Becker, Eric M. B., translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Couto, Mia, 1955- Short stories. Selections (2021). English. Sea loves me. Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, 2021 1771963891 9781771963893 (OCoLC)1159866555

Research Call Number

JFD 21-1161