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Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals
Ahmadou Kourouma
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hardcover. This translation introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East during the 30 years of the cold war. Translator(s): Coates, Carrol F. Series: CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; FA; HBJH; HBLW; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Characterized as ""the African Voltaire,"" Ahmadou Kourouma garnered enormous critical and popular praise upon the 1998 release of his third novel, En attendant le vote des betes sauvages. Kourouma received the Prix des Tropiques, among other prestigious prizes, for that book, and the French edition went on to sell 100,000 copies. His most recent novel, Allah n'est pas oblige, is the winner of this year's Prix Renaudot. Carrol F. Coates's translation, Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals, introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East ... Read more
Characterized as ""the African Voltaire,"" Ahmadou Kourouma garnered enormous critical and popular praise upon the 1998 release of his third novel, En attendant le vote des betes sauvages. Kourouma received the Prix des Tropiques, among other prestigious prizes, for that book, and the French edition went on to sell 100,000 copies. His most recent novel, Allah n'est pas oblige, is the winner of this year's Prix Renaudot. Carrol F. Coates's translation, Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals, introduces English-language audiences to Kourouma's irreverent view of the machinations of the African dictators who played the West against the East ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813920221
SKU
V9780813920221
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About Ahmadou Kourouma
Originally from Cote d'Ivoire, AHMADOU KOUROUMA spent much of his life working in the insurance industry and living in France and in political exile elsewhere in Africa before returning to Abidjan in 1993. His earlier novels are The Suns of Independence and Monnew. CARROL F. COATES is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University - SUNY and has ... Read more
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