
Drinker of Horizons
by Mia Couto
Title:
Drinker of Horizons
Author:
Mia Couto
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
World Editions Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781912987375
EAN:
9781912987375
Publication Date:
04/05/2023
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
490
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 216 x 24
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Set against the backdrop of the war between the Kingdom of Gaza, one of the last great pre-colonial African kingdoms, and the Portuguese colonialists, a young African woman Imani and the Portuguese sergeant Germano de Melo have shared an unexpected love. While Germano is left behind in Africa, serving with the Portuguese military, Imani is enlisted to serve as interpreter to the imprisoned emperor of Gaza, Ngungunyane, on the long voyage to Lisbon. For Ngungunyane and his seven wives, it will be a journey of no return. Whereas Imani will come back only after a decade-long odyssey through the Portuguese empire at the turn of the nineteenth century. In the third novel of his acclaimed Sands of the Emperor trilogy, Couto supplies a voice to those silenced by the horrors of colonialism. As he depicts the beauty and terror of war and love, and reveals the devastation of a profoundly unequal clash of cultures, he gives a uniquely personal voice to a little-known period of history.














