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The Resource Woman of the ashes, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
Woman of the ashes, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
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- Summary
- The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa's most important writers. Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village. Desperate for help, Germano enlists Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, to act as his interpreter. She belongs to the VaChopi tribe, one of the few who dared side with the Portuguese. But while one of her brothers fights for the Crown of Portugal, the other has chosen the African emperor. Standing astride two kingdoms, Imani is drawn to Germano, just as he is drawn to her. But she knows that in a country haunted by violence, the only way out for a woman is to go unnoticed, as if made of shadows or ashes
- Language
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- eng
- por
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374292270
- Label
- Woman of the ashes
- Title
- Woman of the ashes
- Statement of responsibility
- Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
- Language
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- eng
- por
- eng
- Summary
- The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa's most important writers. Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village. Desperate for help, Germano enlists Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, to act as his interpreter. She belongs to the VaChopi tribe, one of the few who dared side with the Portuguese. But while one of her brothers fights for the Crown of Portugal, the other has chosen the African emperor. Standing astride two kingdoms, Imani is drawn to Germano, just as he is drawn to her. But she knows that in a country haunted by violence, the only way out for a woman is to go unnoticed, as if made of shadows or ashes
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Couto, Mia
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- In English, translated from the Portugese
- LC call number
- PQ9939.C68
- LC item number
- M8513 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brookshaw, David
- Series statement
- Sands of the Emperor
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mozambique
- Mozambique
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Historical
- FICTION / Literary
- Label
- Woman of the ashes, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374292270
- Lccn
- 2017038332
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028197768
- Stock number
- 99977731635
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)988053520
- (OCoLC)ocn988053520
- Label
- Woman of the ashes, Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- viii, 254 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374292270
- Lccn
- 2017038332
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40028197768
- Stock number
- 99977731635
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)988053520
- (OCoLC)ocn988053520
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