A Montanha da Água Lilás (Fábula para todas as Idades)

THE EPONYMOUS "Lilac-Water Mountain" was, according to the first words of Pepetela's tale, a twin-peaked mountain "like any other." Really? The second story written for children by the Angolan novelist, this is a forceful fable, possessing animal characters as well as almost-- human, prehistoric-looking protagonists, the Lupis - bell-shaped, orange-colored tribespeople of Africa. These dwarfs, talkative but willing workers, are mere disguises of modern human types seen with a critical eye.