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Kourouma's long-awaited novel--hailed by critics as "a major event in the history of French-language African literature" and "a masterpiece of literary creation"--tells the story of Djigui Keita, king of fictional Soba. Relying on ancestral magic, faith in Allah, and baked-mud fortifications,...
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Kourouma's long-awaited novel--hailed by critics as "a major event in the history of French-language African literature" and "a masterpiece of literary creation"--tells the story of Djigui Keita, king of fictional Soba. Relying on ancestral magic, faith in Allah, and baked-mud fortifications, Djigui finds himself a tragic hero in the face of oncoming French troops.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781562790271 (1562790277)
Publisher: Mercury House
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
This is a difficult book to read, but it's one of those things that is probably good for me. It's told as an allegorical story, a mighty myth to be learned. It centers on a fictional king who rules Soba, a fictional land that resembles the Ivory Coast (really resembles it). When the conquering Fr...