Every man is a race
By: Mia Couto ; translated by David Brookshaw.
Series: African writers series
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Couto, Mia, 1955-  -- Translations into English.; Mozambique -- Fiction.
Description: 'A man's story is always badly told. That's because a person never stops being born. Nobody leads one sole life, we are all multiplied into different and ever-changeable men.' So it is with all the stories in this collection, which never make a definitive judgement on the individual life, but only suggest its possibilities. Set in Mozambique, the stories reflect the legacy of Portuguese colonialism and the tragedy of the subsequent civil war.

Mia Couto's first collection, Voices Made Night, was described as 'lyrical', 'magical' and 'compassionate' by the reviewers, who were unanimous in identifying a significant new talent from the continent. This volume confirms that judgement.
Notes: Translation of selected works from: Cada homem é uma raça (Lisbon: Caminho, 1990), and Cronicando (Lisbon: Caminho, 1989).
"Set in Mozambique, the stories reflect the legacy of Portuguese colonialism and the tragedy of the subsequent civil war"--Cover.