How to help a bird fly
Wise words for human lives, all the more poignant for watching fledglings make mistakes and still persist in flying, even...
Inseparable as fingers
Yes, the fingers were inseparable for a while, but not united. This is a hand spread wide open with some...
A different way of crying
Mia Couto's book is about a man who nearly destroys his family through his fury, both manifest and inarticulate; and...
Life wasn’t made to be …
This quotation has become a companion, a reminder that life is – or at least should be - bigger than...
Top soil on a veranda
Mia Couto’s metaphors are wonderful. This one conveys the dead weight appearance of a body slumped unconscious.
‘It certainly was...
Watching the sun rise
This line stands out in the book as a contrast to the father’s generally benighted, crushing behaviour towards his sons,...
The closeness of a couple
Beautiful description of the closeness of a couple. But yes, those two simple opening words, ‘at first’, contain a cloud...
Street stories
The street as a fount of stories, conveying the detail and complexity of human lives, even those which may appear...
Compass needle obstinacy
Again, one to use in everyday language, I like the idea of obstinacy presented as the needle’s tenacity in pointing...
A compass upheaval
This captures the erratic blusteriness of storms. Although this book is set in Africa, the metaphor reminds me of the...
Life & understanding
Food for thought this one. Does it mean you are more alive when you are most baffled by it all?...
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