Quote by: Mia Couto

-Back there our sun doesn't speak. -Where's "there," Miss Marta? -Back there, in Europe. Here, it's different. Here, the sun moans, whispers, shouts. -Surely-I commented delicately-the sun is always the same. - You're wrong. There, the sun is a stone. Here it's a fruit.


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Author Bio


  • NameMia Couto
  • DescriptionMozambican writer
  • BornJuly 5, 1955
  • CountryMozambique
  • ProfessionWriter; Biologist; Journalist; Novelist
  • AwardsCamões Prize; Neustadt International Prize For Literature