Woman of the ashes
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Author
Contributors
Brookshaw, David translator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Description
viii, 254 pages ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Park Co. Library - Powell - Fiction | FIC COUTO, M. | On Shelf |
Western Wy Community College - Hay Library - Main Collection | 869.342 C789W 2018 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
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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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Couto, M., & Brookshaw, D. (2018). Woman of the ashes (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Couto, Mia, 1955- and David Brookshaw. 2018. Woman of the Ashes. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Couto, Mia, 1955- and David Brookshaw. Woman of the Ashes Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Couto, Mia, and David Brookshaw. Woman of the Ashes First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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