Life and a half / Sony Labou Tansi ; translated [from the French] by Alison Dundy ; introduction by Dominic Thomas.
2011
PQ3989.2.S64 V5413 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Life and a half / Sony Labou Tansi ; translated [from the French] by Alison Dundy ; introduction by Dominic Thomas.
Author
Sony Lab'Ou Tansi.
Uniform Title
Vie et demie. English
ISBN
9780253355966 (alk. paper)
0253355966 (alk. paper)
9780253222879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253222877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253355966 (alk. paper)
9780253222879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253222877 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the French.
Description
xii, 134 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
PQ3989.2.S64 V5413 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
843/.914
Summary
Listed as one of the 100 best books on Africa, Life and a Half was Sony Labou Tansi's response to the death of close friends during a bloody military and political crackdown in Congo. The novel takes place in an imaginary African country run by the latest in a series of cannibalistic dictators who has captured Martial, the leader of the opposition, and his family.
Added Author
Dundy, Alison.
Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
Thomas, Dominic Richard David.
Series
Global African voices.
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Sony Labou Tansi
The Conscience of Africa and the Voice of the People / Dominic Thomas
Warning / Sony Labou Tansi.
The Conscience of Africa and the Voice of the People / Dominic Thomas
Warning / Sony Labou Tansi.