Dongala Emmanuel Books
Books di Dongala Emmanuel
Jazz and Palm Wine
Dongala Emmanuel
Thomas Dominic (TRN)
edizioni Indiana Univ Pr , 2017
Johnny Mad Dog
Dongala Emmanuel
Ascher Maria Louise (TRN)
edizioni Picador USA collana Picador USA (Paperback) , 2006
A Los Angeles Times Book Review Favorite Book of the Year Johnny Mad Dog, age sixteen, is a member of a rebel faction bent on seizing control of war-torn Congo. Laokolé, at the same age, simply wants to finish high school. Together, they narrate a crossing of paths that has explosive results. Set amid the chaos of...
The Fire of Origins
Dongala Emmanuel
edizioni Chicago Review Pr collana Chicago Review Pr (Paperback) , 2003
"The whole of African history unfolds in this brilliant novel from one of the continentÆs major writers. The story is unified by the actions of one man, Mankunku, a ôdestroyer,ö who is born in mysterious circumstances in a banana plantation and whose identity is as variable as that of his land. This novel traces his...
Little Boys Come from the Stars
Dongala Emmanuel
Rejouis Joel
Vinokurov Val
edizioni Anchor Books collana Anchor Books (Paperback) , 2002
Sardonic, subtle, and sweetly scathing, Little Boys Come from the Stars is satire at its best. Set in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari (“trouble”) because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious...