Woman of the ashes / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw.
Woman of the ashes / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw.
Woman of the ashes / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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Call Numbers
G 2018/3392
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Language
English
Portuguese
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 254 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
The first in a trilogy about the last emperor of southern Mozambique by one of Africa's most important writers. Southern Mozambique, 1894. Sergeant Germano de Melo is posted to the village of Nkokolani to oversee the Portuguese conquest of territory claimed by Ngungunyane, the last of the leaders of the state of Gaza, the second-largest empire led...
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Full title
Woman of the ashes / Mia Couto ; translated from the Portuguese by David Brookshaw.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Sands of the Emperor
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Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
G 2018/3392
Record Identifier
74VKVApyy38b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVApyy38b
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ISBN
9780374292270 hardcover
0374292272 hardcover
DDC
869.342
MMS ID
991024172190402626
