This research intends to analyze the literature production of the Angolan writer Manuel Rui, based on the writer´s position regarding colonial relations between Portugal and Angola. Used as a resource which improves the comprehension of the author´s writing, the concept of irony is also explored. Therefore, the intention of this work is to develop a research in such wise as to emphasize an aspect explored by the writer as a way to endorse its critical work. Assuming irony as a sense operator in his production, which figures in his tale book, published in 1974, this study is the result of an investigation based on the literary work produced during the many years of conflict before Angola´s independence.