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list price: $20.95
edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Nov 2017
ISBN:9781988449166
publisher:
Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
list price: $20.95
edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Nov 2017
ISBN:9781988449166
publisher:
Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
Description
Ito Baraka is going to die. In Gatineau, far from the sun, in a dark, shabby flat he shares with his Native girlfriend, Kimi. But before he can die, he has a book to finish, in which he recounts events in a country where the suns burns, burns the skin, burns the brain, burns the retina of those forced to look at it without blinking. A country where another sun blazes: a dictator in the grips of fear.
Is magic not the most dangerous form of subversion? Ito makes the acquaintance of blind Koli Lem. In the middle of the blackest night, in the words they share, in their very flesh, they become each other's sole source of light.
Contributor Notes
Edem Awumey was born in Lomé, Togo. He is the author of three previous novels, Port-Melo (2006), which won the prestigious Grand prix littéraire d?Afrique noire; Les pieds sales (2009), which was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt in France; and Rose déluge (2011). The English translation of Les pieds sales, Dirty Feet (2011), was selected for the Dublin Impac Award. In 2006 Awumey was selected to be a literary protégé to the renowned Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun. Edem Awumey currently lives in Gatineau, Quebec.
Editorial Review
"A poignant, beautifully written account." --La Presse (trans. from the French)
"Grim and tragic, hard and violent, but accomplished by a feverish prose that glows." --Le Devoir (trans. from the French)
"With this fourth novel, Edem Awumey confirms his talent for prose and reaches unparalleled mastery of narrative in his work. This painful history is delivered in magnificent prose . . . " --GallimardMontreal.com (trans. from the French)
