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The Land without Shadows
Abdourahman A. Waberi
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Description for The Land without Shadows
Paperback. Written in a narrative prose, this is a translated collection of seventeen short stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. Here the art of the short story offers illuminated scenes of the Djiboutian urban and rural landscape, its people, and its history. Translator(s): Garane, Jeanne. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 172.
One of the first literary works to portray Djiboutians from their own point of view, ""The Land without Shadows"" is a collection of seventeen short stories. The author, Abdourahman A. Waberi, one of a handful of francophone writers of fiction to have emerged in the twentieth century from the ""confetti-sized state"" of Djibouti, has already won international recognition and prizes in African literature for his stories and novels. Because his writing is linked to immigration and exile, his native Djibouti occupies center stage in his work. Drawing on the Somali/Djiboutian oral tradition to weave pieces of legend, proverbs, music, poetry, ... Read more
One of the first literary works to portray Djiboutians from their own point of view, ""The Land without Shadows"" is a collection of seventeen short stories. The author, Abdourahman A. Waberi, one of a handful of francophone writers of fiction to have emerged in the twentieth century from the ""confetti-sized state"" of Djibouti, has already won international recognition and prizes in African literature for his stories and novels. Because his writing is linked to immigration and exile, his native Djibouti occupies center stage in his work. Drawing on the Somali/Djiboutian oral tradition to weave pieces of legend, proverbs, music, poetry, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925080
SKU
V9780813925080
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About Abdourahman A. Waberi
Abdourahman A. Waberi is a Djiboutian-born writer now living in France, where he also teaches English. He is the author of several award-winning works of fiction and poetry, the most recent of which is the novel Transit. Jeanne Garane is Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of South Carolina. Nuruddin Farah is the author of several ... Read more
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