In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours.On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night's celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Neighbours is a gripping tale of secret conspiracies and revolt in Mozambique.
In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours.On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night''s celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Neighbours is a gripping tale of secret conspiracies and revolt in Mozambique.
LA OBRA DE LA ESCRITORA LILIA MOMPLE, nacida en Ilha de Mocambique en 1935, es un testimonio de tenacidad y creatividad. Hasta hace pocas decadas, la poblacion negra y las mujeres de este pais africano eran considerados ciudadanos de segunda categoria. No es gratuito, entonces, que los relatos de Momple exploren ambos temas. Esta recopilacion de su obra narrativa recoge, por primera vez en espanol, las colecciones de cuentos Nadie mato a Suhura y Los ojos de la Cobra Verde, asi como una nueva traduccion al espanol de la novela Neighbours. Navegar por la obra de Momple significa adentrarnos en la historia y la memoria del proceso de independencia mozambiqueno y en la guerra en que se sumio el pais desde 1975 hasta 1992. Detras de la marginacion y la opresion, esta la marca colonial no solo de Portugal, sino tambien de vecinos incomodos como Rodesia y Surafrica, que ejercieron sin tregua una dominacion violenta y desigual. Momple ha recibido los premios Jose Craveirinha de Literatura y Caine para Escritores de Africa, entre otros reconocimientos.
In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours.On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night's celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Neighbours is a gripping tale of secret conspiracies and revolt in Mozambique.
In Lília Momplé thrilling novel, Neighbours, a group of strangers find their futures forever intertwined over the course of just a few short hours.On the eve of Eid al-Fitr, three families quietly prepare for the night''s celebrations, preoccupied with their own separate lives. Narguiss cooks food with her daughters, anxiously waiting for her husband to come home. Leia and Januário take joy in the fact they finally have a roof over their heads, especially after the birth of their young daughter. And Mena overhears her husband plotting murder... Told through a series of narrative snapshots, Neighbours is a gripping tale of secret conspiracies and revolt in Mozambique.
LA OBRA DE LA ESCRITORA LILIA MOMPLE, nacida en Ilha de Mocambique en 1935, es un testimonio de tenacidad y creatividad. Hasta hace pocas decadas, la poblacion negra y las mujeres de este pais africano eran considerados ciudadanos de segunda categoria. No es gratuito, entonces, que los relatos de Momple exploren ambos temas. Esta recopilacion de su obra narrativa recoge, por primera vez en espanol, las colecciones de cuentos Nadie mato a Suhura y Los ojos de la Cobra Verde, asi como una nueva traduccion al espanol de la novela Neighbours. Navegar por la obra de Momple significa adentrarnos en la historia y la memoria del proceso de independencia mozambiqueno y en la guerra en que se sumio el pais desde 1975 hasta 1992. Detras de la marginacion y la opresion, esta la marca colonial no solo de Portugal, sino tambien de vecinos incomodos como Rodesia y Surafrica, que ejercieron sin tregua una dominacion violenta y desigual. Momple ha recibido los premios Jose Craveirinha de Literatura y Caine para Escritores de Africa, entre otros reconocimientos.