Emmanuel Dongala, Author, Maria Louise Ascher, Translator , trans. from the French by Mary Louise Ascher. Farrar, Straus & Giroux $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-17995-3
Two teenagers are caught up in the melee as rival ethnic factions turn their Congolese city into a bloody battleground in this harrowing novel by Dongala (Little Boys Come from the Stars
, etc.). Laokolé, a bright girl of 16 who dreams of one
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Emmanuel Dongala, trans. from the French by Dominic Thomas. Indiana Univ., $20 (138p) ISBN 978-0-253-02669-9
Dongala’s striking story collection, originally published in France in 1982, includes political tales set in his native Congo and jazz-themed pieces set in America. The first story, “The Astonishing and Dialectical Downfall of Comrade Kali Tchikati,”
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Emmanuel Dongala, Author, Joel Rejouis, Translator Farrar Straus Giroux $22 (252p) ISBN 978-0-374-18496-4
As far as the 14-year-old hero of this delightful, satirical African novel is concerned, his small Congolese town is the center of the universe. Precocious and mischievous Matapari--a nickname that means ""problem child""--comes of age in a time of...
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