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I picked this up as part of an effort to read fiction from Angola, and it certainly ticks the box with regard to ranging across colonial and post-colonial Angolan settings. However, the short stories also often connect strongly to Brazil, holding hands across the Atlantic more explicitly than other Angolan fiction I've read. With thirty entries crammed into 240 small pages, it's safe to say that readers who don't enjoy a story won't have to wait long for the next one. A handful are of your more
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