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Oct 2023
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A Word in Your Ear – A Time of Death, th...

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Renowned Mozambique author Mia Couto still works as a biologist – an apt side career for someone who dissects complex subjects with precise curiosity. For the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, Couto coaxed Brazilian writer Julián Fuks into exploring his imagination further. Listen to the results as Alex Jennings reads an excerpt from ‘A Time of Death, the Death of Time’.

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