This companion offers a critical overview of a great part of the literary oeuvre of the acclaimed Mozambican writer and historian Joo Paulo Borges Coelho. It focuses on a multiplicity of elements central to his literary project underscoring the originality and complexity of one of the most prominent authors from the Portuguesespeaking world. With contributions from scholars hailing from different academic disciplines including history this collection offers a compelling and original reading of Borges Coelhos fictional work engaging with current critical debates in the fields of literary theory postcolonial studies worldliterature and ecocriticism. The book advances new critical paths within Portuguesespeaking literary studies from a comparative perspective. At the same time it is addressed to a variety of scholars and advanced students in other related fields. show more