Black Moses - Alain Mabanckou

Descriere Black Moses - Alain Mabanckou

Now in paperback, the vital extension of Mabanckou's cycle of Pointe-Noire novels that stand out as one of the grandest and funniest fictional projects of modern times. Winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award and Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. \n \nThe heart-breaking (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa (Les Inrockuptibles)\n \nOne of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year. --Rolling Stone\n \nWinner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award\n \nLonglisted for the Man Booker International Prize\n \nShortlisted for the Albertine Prize\n \nShortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize\n \nLonglisted for the PEN Translation Prize\n \nGreeted with wildly enthusiastic reviews on publication, Alain Mabanckou's riotous novel begins in an orphanage in 1970s Congo-Brazzaville run by a malicious political stooge who makes the life of our hero, Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko--his name means Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors, but most people just call him Moses--very difficult.\n \nMoses is also terrorized by his two fellow orphans--the twins Songi-Songi and Tala-Tala--but after Moses exacts revenge on them by lacing their food with hot pepper, the twins take Moses under their wing, escape the orphanage, and move to the bustling port town of Pointe-Noire, where they form a gang that survives on petty theft.\n \nWhat follows is a pointed (Los Angeles Times), vivid and funny (New York Times), larger-than-life tale that chronicles Moses's ultimately tragic journey through the Pointe-Noire underworld and the politically repressive reality of Congo-Brazzaville in the 1970s and '80s.\n \nRinging with beautiful poetry, (Wall Street Journal) Black Moses is a vital new extension of Mabanckou's cycle of Pointe-Noire novels that stand out as one of the grandest and funniest fictional projects of our time.\n

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9781620975893

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