{"product_id":"the-drinker-of-horizons-paperback","title":"The Drinker of Horizons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Brookshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe scintillating conclusion to the critically acclaimed historical saga: the Jan Michalski Prize\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003ewinning Sands of the Emperor trilogy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Couto's] life has been woven into the history of the nation, and he has become the foremost chronicler of Mozambique's antiheroes: its women, its peasants, even its dead.\" --Jacob Judah, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Drinker of Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning author Mia Couto brings the epic love story between a young Mozambican woman named Imani and the Portuguese sergeant Germano de Melo to its moving close. We resume where \u003ci\u003eThe Sword and the Spear\u003c\/i\u003e concluded: While Germano is left behind in Africa, serving with the Portuguese military, Imani has been enlisted to act as the interpreter to the imprisoned emperor of Gaza, Ngungunyane, on the long voyage to Lisbon. For the emperor and his seven wives, it will be a journey of no return. Imani's own return will come only after a decade-long odyssey through the Portuguese empire at the beginning of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf history is always narrated by the victors, in \u003ci\u003eThe Drinker of Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, Couto performs an act of restorative justice, giving a voice to those silenced by the horrors of colonialism. Throughout, Couto's language astonishes, rendering with utter clarity the beauty and terror of war and love, and revealing the devastation of a profoundly unequal encounter between cultures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/b\u003e, born in Mozambique in 1955, is among the most prominent Portuguese-language writers working today. After studying medicine and biology, he worked as a journalist and headed several national newspapers and magazines in Mozambique. Couto has been awarded the Camões Prize for Literature and the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature, among other awards. He was also short-listed for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award and was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015. He lives in Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as a biologist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Brookshaw\u003c\/b\u003e is an emeritus professor at the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. He has translated several other books by Mia Couto, including \u003ci\u003eWoman of the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfession of the Lioness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tuner of Silences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA River Called Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSleepwalking Land\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52557861454131,"sku":"9781250321695","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/6G31T2wHcZ9781250321695.webp?v=1761195240","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-drinker-of-horizons-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}