Woman of the Ashes

Author:   Bahni Turpin ,  Joel Richards ,  Mia Couto ,  David Brookshaw
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
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9781665251884


Publication Date:   25 September 2018
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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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 by an African. Ngungunyane has raised an army to resist colonial rule and with his warriors is slowly approaching the border village. Desperate for help, Germano enlists Imani, a fifteen-year-old girl, to act as his interpreter. She belongs to the VaChopi tribe, one of the few who dared side with the Portuguese. But while one of her brothers fights for the Crown of Portugal, the other has chosen the African emperor. Standing astride two kingdoms, Imani is drawn to Germano, just as he is drawn to her. But she knows that in a country haunted by violence, the only way out for a woman is to go unnoticed, as if made of shadows or ashes. Alternating between the voices of Imani and Germano, Mia Couto's Woman of the Ashes combines vivid folkloric prose with extensive historical research to give a spellbinding and unsettling account of war-torn Mozambique at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Author:   Bahni Turpin ,  Joel Richards ,  Mia Couto ,  David Brookshaw
Publisher:   Tantor Audio
Imprint:   Tantor Audio
ISBN:  

9781665251884


ISBN 10:   1665251883
Publication Date:   25 September 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The pair of talented narrators work together to create the personas of Emperor Ngungunyane and teenage Imani.-- AudioFile A rich historical tale thick with allegory and imagery that recalls Marquez and Achebe. -- Kirkus Reviews Excellent...Couto feathers history with folklore...a fascinating, intricate story. -- Publishers Weekly The pair of talented narrators work together to create the personas of Emperor Ngungunyane and teenage Imani. Bahni Turpin gives the teenager a steely voice that follows her through the tumult of the Portuguese invasion. Her chapters alternate with those performed by Joel Richards, who portrays Sergeant Germano de Melo. Listeners are treated to a rich historical tapestry most may know little about. Richards lends a slight accent to the Portuguese military man, which creates a nice contrast to the feminine Imani, who serves as his translator...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile


"The pair of talented narrators work together to create the personas of Emperor Ngungunyane and teenage Imani.-- ""AudioFile"" ""A rich historical tale thick with allegory and imagery that recalls Marquez and Achebe."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Excellent...Couto feathers history with folklore...a fascinating, intricate story."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""The pair of talented narrators work together to create the personas of Emperor Ngungunyane and teenage Imani. Bahni Turpin gives the teenager a steely voice that follows her through the tumult of the Portuguese invasion. Her chapters alternate with those performed by Joel Richards, who portrays Sergeant Germano de Melo. Listeners are treated to a rich historical tapestry most may know little about. Richards lends a slight accent to the Portuguese military man, which creates a nice contrast to the feminine Imani, who serves as his translator...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."" -- ""AudioFile"""


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Bahni Turpin has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, and Cold Case. Her film credits include Brokedown Palace and Crossroads. She has won numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and three prestigious Audie Awards. Joel Richards was the kid who did crazy things just to have a good story to tell afterward. On deciding to make his affection his profession, he received a BFA in acting and a BA in English from the University of Utah. He has narrated over 300 audiobooks and continues to tell his original stories to live audiences. Mia Couto, born in Beira, Mozambique, in 1955, is one of the most prominent writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa. After studying medicine and biology in Maputo, he worked as a journalist and headed several Mozambican national newspapers and magazines. The author of Confession of the Lioness, The Tuner of Silences, and Sleepwalking Land, among other books. Couto has been awarded the Camoes Prize for Literature and the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature, among other awards. He was also shortlisted for the 2017 International DUBLIN Literary Award and was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015. He lives in Maputo, where he works as a biologist.

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