{"product_id":"sea-loves-me-selected-stories-paperback","title":"Sea Loves Me: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew and selected fiction, over half in English for the first time, from the winner of the 2014 Neustadt Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Beira, Mozambique, \u003cstrong\u003eMia Couto\u003c\/strong\u003e directed the Mozambican state news agency during the years following independence from Portugal. Since the late 1980s, he has worked as an environmental biologist and a writer. Couto is the author of more than thirty books, which have been published in thirty-five countries. He has won major literary prizes in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Portugal, Brazil., Italy and the United States, including the 2013 Camōes Prize and the 2014 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He was a finalist for the 2015 Man Booker International Prize and the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Mia Couto lives with his family in Maputo, Mozambique, where he works as an environmental consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Brookshaw\u003c\/strong\u003e's many translations include Mia Couto's recent novels \u003cem\u003eWoman of the Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sword and the Spear\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as earlier Couto novels such as \u003cem\u003eThe Tuner of Silences\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSleepwalking Land\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnder the Frangipani\u003c\/em\u003e. He has translated widely from the literatures of Lusophone Asia and the Azores Islands. Brookshaw is Professor Emeritus of Lusophone Studies at the University of Bristol, England.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric M. B. Becker\u003c\/strong\u003e is the recipient of a PEN Heim Award, a Fulbright Fellowship and a Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2019, he earned honorable mention from the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for his translation of Mia Couto's Rain and Other Stories. He has translated works by, among others, the Brazilian writers Lygia Fagundes Telles and Fernanda Torres and the Angolan-Portuguese writer Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729453977663,"sku":"9781771963886","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/80a0adbaab2ac043cbff04de48ffdae5.webp?v=1765122256","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/sea-loves-me-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}