num_pages: 192
description: An ambassador of the government of Angola in Europe, Xitu conceived these stories while imprisoned in a Portuguese jail. Set in the 1940s, the tales in this book are divided into three " 'Mestre' Tamoda" introduces us to the prolix Tamoda, who refers to a toothpick as a "wooden dental probe." In "The Village," Tamoda displays his "verbal dexterosity" at a funeral and a soccer match. "The Town" centers on Maraja, a black tennis coach, and Arlete Pinto, the daughter of Portuguese parents. A trenchant and comic insight into prerevolutionary Angola.
language: English
title: The World of Mestre Tamoda
publisher: UNKNO