Rain and Other Stories

by Mia Couto

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Written in the aftermath of civil war, these early stories are among Mia Couto's freshest, most original fiction. In tales that mingle playful comedy with surprising plot twists and magical events, fishermen, fortune-tellers, widows, cross-dressers, small-town drinkers and even an errant hippopotamus, rediscover life's possibilities and the ability to dream. A new translation of brilliant stories by Man Booker-finalist and author of Confession of the Lioness.… (more)

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I know I read it because I distinctly remember turning the pages, but damned if I could remember a single thing after the page turned. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mia Couto	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Becker, Eric M. B.	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation (Honorable Mention – Literary Work, Honorable mention – 2019)

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Rain and Other Stories

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Estórias abensonhadas

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These tales were written after the war.

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Written in the aftermath of civil war, these early stories are among Mia Couto's freshest, most original fiction. In tales that mingle playful comedy with surprising plot twists and magical events, fishermen, fortune-tellers, widows, cross-dressers, small-town drinkers and even an errant hippopotamus, rediscover life's possibilities and the ability to dream. A new translation of brilliant stories by Man Booker-finalist and author of Confession of the Lioness.

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