Book club: Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto

We’re diving into a beautiful nightmare for our next read: Sleepwalking Land by Mia Couto 🙈

As the civil war rages in 1980s Mozambique, an old man and a young boy, refugees from the war, seek shelter in a burnt-out bus. Among the effects of a dead passenger, they come across a set of notebooks that tell of his life. As the boy reads the story to his elderly companion, this story and their own develop in tandem. Written in 1992, Mia Couto’s first novel is a powerful indictment of the suffering war brings.

Born in 1955 in Mozambique, Mia Couto ran the AIM news agency during the revolutionary struggle. He now lives in Maputo where he works as an environmental biologist and heads the Mozambique side of the Limpopo Transnational Park.

“The most prominent of the younger generation of writers in Portuguese-speaking Africa, Couto passionately and sensitively describes everyday life in poverty-stricken Mozambique.”—Guardian (London)

“Quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa.”—Doris Lessing

Join us on April 27 for a cozy evening , as we discuss the fluidity of Couto's dreamlike narrative ✨🐘

★　Be sure to read the book beforehand—so we can jump straight into the discussion!

★ This is not a non profitable event. Why then are we charging 400 円? Every six months of subscription to Meetup costs 17,794 円. In an effort to keep the event on this platform we are asking for this contribution. (An average of 6 participants per meeting * 400 円 * 6 months = 14,400円)

★　If we can’t find enough seats in the Starbucks, we are going to move to the Caffè Veloce (Iidabashi station, same exit B4b, just half a block away.)