Alain Mabanckou

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Black MosesPaperback, 1 October 2019

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Print Length
208 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New Press
Date Published
1 Oct 2019
ISBN-10
1620975890
ISBN-13
9781620975893

Description

The heart-breaking (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa (Les Inrockuptibles)

One of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year. --Rolling Stone

Winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award

Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize

Shortlisted for the Albertine Prize

Shortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize

Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize

Greeted 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.

Moses 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.

What 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.

Ringing 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.

Product Details

Author:
Alain Mabanckou
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 October 2019
Dimensions:
18.8 x 13.21 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
1620975890
ISBN-13:
9781620975893
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Weight:
204.12 gm

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