{"product_id":"rain-and-other-stories-9781771962667","title":"Rain: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter the war, I thought all that was left was ashes, hollow ruins . . . Today, I know that's not true. Where man remains, a seed, too, survives, a dream to inseminate time. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished in the aftermath of Mozambique's bloody civil war, Mia Couto's third collection seeks out the places violence could not reach, the places where, the author writes, \"every man is the same: pretending he's here, dreaming of going away, and plotting his return.\" Shifting masterfully between forms--creation tale to meditation, playful comedy to magical twist--these stories grapple with questions of what's been lost and what can be reclaimed, what future exists for a country that broke the yoke of colonialism only to descend into internecine war, what is Mozambican and what is Mozambique. Following fishermen and fortune-tellers, widows and drunks, and one errant hippopotamus, this new translation of stories by the Man Booker-listed author of \u003cem\u003eConfession of the Lioness\u003c\/em\u003e rediscovers possibility and what it means to be reborn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771962667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mia Couto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668355182748,"sku":"9781771962667","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4d541345-a617-4eb3-bfc9-25857e042f07.jpg?v=1603917312","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rain-and-other-stories-9781771962667","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}