Confession of the Lioness (22 page)

Mia Couto
, born in Beira, Mozambique, in 1955, is one of the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist and headed the AIM news agency. Couto has been awarded several important literary prizes, including the Verg
í
lio Ferreira Prize and the Latin Union Award for Romance Literatures, among others, and he is a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. He lives in Maputo, where he works as a biologist. You can sign up for email updates
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PORTUGUESE

Raiz do Orvalho

Cada Homem
É
uma Ra
ç
a

Cronicando

Est
ó
rias Abensonhadas

Contos do Nascer da Terra

Mar Me Quer

Vinte e Zinco

Raiz de orvalho e outros poemas

Mar me quer

O Gato e o Escuro

Na Berma de Nenhuma Estrada e Outros Contos

Um Rio Chamado Tempo, uma Casa Chamada Terra

Contos do Nascer da Terra

O Pa
í
s do Queixa Andar

O Fio das Missangas

A chuva pasmada

Pensatempos: Textos de opini
ã
o

O Outro P
é
da Sereia

Venenos de Deus, Rem
é
dios do Diabo

O Beijo da Palavrinha

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é
m

Tradutor de Chuvas

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Epigraph

Author's Note

Mariamar's Version: One

The News

The Hunter's Diary: One

The Advertisement

Mariamar's Version: Two

Return from the River

The Hunter's Diary: Two

The Journey

Mariamar's Version: Three

An Unreadable Memory

The Hunter's Diary: Three

A Long, Unfinished Letter

Mariamar's Version: Four

The Blind Road

The Hunter's Diary: Four

Rituals and Ambushes

Mariamar's Version: Five

Some Honey Eyes

The Hunter's Diary: Five

The Living Bone of a Dead Hyena

Mariamar's Version: Six

A River Without Sea

The Hunter's Diary: Six

The Reencounter

Mariamar's Version: Seven

The Ambush

The Hunter's Diary: Seven

The Demon Saint

Mariamar's Version: Eight

Blood of a Beast, a Woman's Tear

The Hunter's Diary: Eight

Flowers for the Living

A Note About the Author

Also by Mia Couto

Copyright

 

 

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Copyright © 2012 by Editorial Caminho

Translation copyright © 2015 by David Brookshaw

All rights reserved

Originally published in 2012 by Editorial Caminho, Portugal, as
A Confiss
ã
o da Leoa

English translation published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

First American edition, 2015

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Couto, Mia, 1955–

   [Confiss
ã
o da leoa. English]

   Confession of the lioness / Mia Couto; translated from the Portuguese / by David Brookshaw. — First American edition.

      pages  cm

   ISBN 978-0-374-12923-1 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-374-71095-8 (e-book)

    I.  Brookshaw, David, translator.   II.  Title.

PQ9939.C68 C6613 2015

869.3'42—dc23

2014039381

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