He plays acoustic guitar and harmonica, and his songs are remarkable for the way he mixes sturdy melodies that often sound as accessible as western folk themes, with lyrics in his native language Tetum (thankfully translated in the sleeve notes), that deal with his country's painful history or the need for conservation.
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Ailsa Ross’s Book Notes music playlist for her novel Hovel
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"The narrator of HOVEL is trying to defamiliarize the familiar world; she’s
trying to see the world anew by probing it from as many strange angles as
possi...
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