«O Embondeiro que sonhava pássaros», de Mia Couto: descrição de uma poeticidade

Abstract

This article suggests a reading of the short story «O embondeiro que sonhava pássaros» by Mia Couto, focussing on the characteristics which imbue the narrative text with a poetic quality, a feature displayed by the book in which the short story is
included and in general to all of the authors work. Therefore, we approach the short story by taking into account its definition as a genre, the represented worldview, its creative language and rhetorical construcrion, considering these as essential elements in Mia Couto's literary production.