![]() ![]() Both, it seems, are forbidden.The eighth novel by the internationally bestselling Mia Couto, The Tuner of Silences is the story of Mwanitos struggle to reconstruct a family history that his father is unable to discuss. ![]() In the place his father calls Jezoosalem, Mwanito has been told that crying and praying are the same thing. Hes been told that the rest of the world is dead, that all roads are sad, that they wait for an apology from God. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle, and a servant. into the Western framework of the novel, he creates a mysterious and surreal epic.Henning MankellMwanito was eleven when he saw a woman for the first time, and the sight so surprised him he burst into tears.Mwanito has been living in a former big-game park for eight years. A RADIO FRANCE-CULTURE/TLRAMA BEST WORK OF FICTIONBY THE WINNER OF THE 2013 CAMES PRIZEAND THE WINNER OF THE 2014 NEUSTADT PRIZEQuite unlike anything else I have read from Africa."e "e Doris LessingBy meshing the richness of African beliefs. ![]()
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