This book, The Turner of Silence by Mia Couto, was like reading a dream. I loved it, I think, but I am not 100% sure what to make of the novel.

Above all, it was beautifully written. The novel is lyrical and magical.

However, if you asked me what the novel is <em>about</em>, I'd be hard pressed to give you a suscinet solid answer to this question. Likewise, it's difficult to summarize the plot.

Doris Lessing said this about the novel:
<blockquote>Quite unlike anything else I have read from Africa.</blockquote>
So I knew that I had to read it.