| | A World of Books 2000: International Classics (Library of Congress) |
 | | Although some titles are nonfiction and have influenced public affairs and scholarship, most are works of fiction and the products of creative imaginations. |
 | | Couto's work is "a synthesis of three of the main strands in post-colonial African literature: the historical, the existential and the literature of ordinary life." Born in Mozambique in 1957 of first generation Portuguese immigrants, Couto is also an accomplished poet and a first-rate journalist. |
 | | The violent, massive, unrelenting seizure of individuals from vibrant participation within a generalized African culture, followed by the alienation and negation of slavery, is present in the first poem: "Ils sont venus ce soir." Subsequent poems were carefully constructed to give the appearance of personal cries of rage. |
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