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A cegueira do rio (Portuguese Edition) Kindle Edition

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Novo romance do vencedor do prêmio Camões de 2013, A cegueira do rio nos leva ao norte de Moçambique nos dias que antecedem a guerra para contar uma história extraordinária de subversão do domínio colonial, em que a palavra escrita e a leitura são os únicos meios de fuga e salvação.

Moçambique, 1914. Às vésperas da eclosão da Primeira Guerra Mundial, Alemanha e Portugal disputam o território à margem do rio Rovuma. Com o ataque germânico ao posto de Madziwa e a morte de dezenas de soldados africanos, a região se transforma em um verdadeiro campo de batalha.
É a partir desse caso — inspirado em um evento real — que correm as águas desta história. Ameaçados pelo poderio alemão e subjugados pela colonização portuguesa, os povos de Moçambique encontram amparo naquilo que é impossível de se apagar: sua própria língua.
Com a ternura e a originalidade características de Mia Couto,
A cegueira do rio desafia a noção de uma África restrita à oralidade ao mesmo tempo que trata, de forma atemporal, da necessidade incontornável de preservarmos nossas memórias e nossa cultura — as únicas capazes de nos ajudar a construir a esperança necessária diante da adversidade.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0DJTVC6KR
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Companhia das Letras; 1st edition (November 8, 2024)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 8, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Portuguese
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 8904 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 253 pages
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Mia Couto
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Mia Couto was born in 1955 in Mozambique and is the most prominent writer in Portuguese-speaking Africa. He has been active as a journalist and for several years headed the AIM news agency in Maputo. He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist.

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