The Tuner of Silences (Biblioasis International Translation Series, 9)

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Book Synopsis: A RADIO FRANCE-CULTURE/TÉLÉRAMA BEST WORK OF FICTION BY THE FINALIST FOR THE 2015 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE, THE WINNER OF THE 2014 NEUSTADT PRIZE, AND THE WINNER OF THE 2013 CAMÕES PRIZE. “Quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa.” — Doris Lessing “By meshing the richness of African beliefs . . . into the Western framework of the novel, he creates a mysterious and surreal epic.” — Henning Mankell Mwanito was eleven when he saw a woman for the first time, and the sight so surprised him he burst into tears. Mwanito has been living in a former big-game park for eight years. The only people he knows are his father, his brother, an uncle, and a servant. He’s been told that the rest of the world is dead, that all roads are sad, that they wait for an apology from God. In the place his father calls Jezoosalem, Mwanito has been told that crying and praying are the same thing. Both, it seems, are forbidden. The eighth novel by the internationally bestselling Mia Couto, The Tuner of Silences is the story of Mwanito’s struggle to reconstruct a family history that his father is unable to discuss. With the young woman’s arrival in Jezoosalem, however, the silence of the past quickly breaks down, and both his father’s story and the world are heard once more. The Tuner of Silences has been published to acclaim in more than half a dozen countries. Now in its first English translation, this story of an African boy’s quest for the truth endures as a magical, humanizing confrontation between one child and the legacy of war.

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Get lost in the captivating world of The Tuner of Silences! This internationally acclaimed novel by Mia Couto takes readers on a surreal and mysterious journey unlike anything they have ever experienced. With its unique blend of African beliefs and Western storytelling, this book will leave you spellbound from beginning to end. Discover why critics and readers around the world can't stop talking about The Tuner of Silences.

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