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Luuanda

by Jose Luandino Vieira · 1963

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These three stories are set in the slums of Angola's capital, Luanda, during the 1940s and 1950s. Originally published in Portuguese, this book won the Writers' Society's Grand Prize for Fiction in 1965.

Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisAngolaAngolaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 118 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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