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A review by _rusalka
Under the Frangipani by Mia Couto
2.0
This... I... You know what? I just didn't quite get it. I don't know if it was the translation, or the magic realism which I do honestly have a hot/cold relationship with. But I didn't really get the point, or half the book.
We start with our protagonist who is buried under a Frangipani tree. But he is about to get honoured by the state as a hero against the colonialists, so decides he has to leave this old fort he died at while building, in order to get some sense of self back. Luckily (?) there has been a murder at the fort and some detective is flown in to investigate, which is our spirit man's ticket out of the fort.
We end up with a lot of old people, who are apparently locked up in this old fort, rambling and telling stories. There's an anteater. I just don't really know what was going on.
We start with our protagonist who is buried under a Frangipani tree. But he is about to get honoured by the state as a hero against the colonialists, so decides he has to leave this old fort he died at while building, in order to get some sense of self back. Luckily (?) there has been a murder at the fort and some detective is flown in to investigate, which is our spirit man's ticket out of the fort.
We end up with a lot of old people, who are apparently locked up in this old fort, rambling and telling stories. There's an anteater. I just don't really know what was going on.