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Dark Heart of the Night
Leonora Miano
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Description for Dark Heart of the Night
Paperback. What is Africa's own 'heart of darkness'? It is what confronts Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an 'outsider' with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. Translator(s): Black, Tamsin. Series: French Voices. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
What is Africa's own heart of darkness ? It is what confronts Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an outsider with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will help reunite Africa, Ayane is forced to confront the monstrosity of the act that follows, as well as the responsibility that all the villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done ... Read more
What is Africa's own heart of darkness ? It is what confronts Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an outsider with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will help reunite Africa, Ayane is forced to confront the monstrosity of the act that follows, as well as the responsibility that all the villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
French Voices
Condition
New
Weight
189g
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803228238
SKU
V9780803228238
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About Leonora Miano
Leonora Miano was born in Cameroon in 1973 and lived there until moving to France in 1991. She has published three novels including L'interieur de la nuit. In 2006 she received the Montalembert Prize for a first novel by a female writer. Tamsin Black has translated Pascale Kramer's The Living and Marie NDiaye's Rosie Carpe, both available in Bison Books ... Read more
Reviews for Dark Heart of the Night
Praise for the original French edition (L'Interieur de la nuit) of Dark Heart of the Night: [Miano] has written a novel that has the powerful dignity of the Greek tragedies. Thierry Gandillot, L'Express In a style that is beautifully controlled and shows no trace of exoticism, Leonora Miano plunges her readers agonizingly into the mysteries of Africa: ... Read more