The Tuner of Silences

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

DAVID BROOKSHAW has translated six books by Mia Couto, including Sleepwalking Land, Under the Frangipani and The Last Flight of the Flamingo. He is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow in Lusophone literatures at the University of Bristol. His recent books include translations of Portuguese-language fiction from the Azores Islands, Macau and China, and the critical study, Perceptions of China in Modern Portuguese Literature.