{"product_id":"the-cartographer-of-absences-hardcover","title":"The Cartographer of Absences - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Brookshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Revelatory . . . An aching, dreamlike immersion.\" --Carl Hoffman, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An intensely powerful work about revolution, compromise, and long-buried secrets . . . A haunting, compelling book.\" --Tobias Carroll, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn atmospheric novel about a father and son in the waning days of colonial Mozambique by the winner of the 2025 PEN\/Nabokov Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiogo Santiago is a celebrated Mozambican poet and intellectual, a well-known professor at the university in his country's capital. On the eve of a cyclone that will devastate the East African coast, he sets out for his hometown of Beira to receive a tribute from his fellow citizens. As he travels across Mozambique, his mind turns to the past--to his upbringing, and to the history of his country when it was still a Portuguese colony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiogo's father, himself a poet and a journalist, witnessed a terrible massacre committed during the waning days of the colonial regime. He was arrested by the Portuguese secret police for trying to reveal what happened--but the officer who oversaw the case kept a journal, which later finds its way into Diogo's hands. As the storm approaches Beira, threatening to wipe away the physical traces of his childhood, Diogo sorts through the journal, old letters, and family stories, and confronts the impermanence of his own memories. Along the way he meets Liana, a woman whose past is mysteriously connected to his own, and whose story just might shed light on what happened to his father. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting novel of historical testimony, \u003ci\u003eThe Cartographer of Absences\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Mia Couto's finest works. Drawing on the author's own life in colonial Mozambique, this book is a significant new entry in the world literature canon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. Couto has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Camões Prize (the most prestigious Portuguese-language award), the Prémio Vergílio Ferreira, the Prémio União Latina de Literaturas Românicas, the FIL Literary Prize in Romance Languages, and, most recently, the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. He lives in Maputo, where he works as a biologist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Brookshaw\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus at the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. He has translated numerous books by Mia Couto, including \u003ci\u003eThe Cartographer of Absences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Drinker of Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sword and the Spear\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman of the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfession of the Lioness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tuner of Silences\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA River Called Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSleepwalking Land\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.51 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889332879648,"sku":"9780374616311","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/F6rqBQk9Zu9780374616311.webp?v=1781931510","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-cartographer-of-absences-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}