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In a country that appears to have forgotten the importance of remembering, a former schoolteacher and bar regular nicknamed broken glass has been elected to record their stories for posterity. Alain mabanckou, prolific francophone congolese poet and novelist whose wordplay, philosophical bent, and sometimes sly and often absurd sense of humour resulted in his being known in france as the african samuel beckett. With the builtin reading app ibooks, you can read epub and pdf books on ipad. Alain mabanckou is perhaps best known locally for the brilliant if disturbing african psycho. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works, including the. A great portion of the book is devoted to the reactions of freda and dick to this country after an absence of many years. Gregoire nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend germaine. His books include african psycho, letter to jimmy, black bazaar, tomorrow ill be twenty, the lights of pointenoire, and black moses. Back to bool bool epub miles franklin achat ebook fnac. Alain mabanckous blog, alain mabanckou and dominic thomas, research in african literatures 39, no. If you dont know how to do it, here is the detailed guide to tell you how to transfer books to. African psycho by alain mabanckou its title recalls bret easton elliss infamous book, but while elliss narrator was a blank slate, african psychos protagonist is a quivering mass of lies, neuroses, and relentless internal chatter.
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