Batouala (African Writers Series)
5 journalers for this copy...
Selected for Olympic Challenge - Gabon goes to hobbit after I'm done
Ok this book strays a little bit but it is still an amazing story.
Ok this book strays a little bit but it is still an amazing story.
I had to look up Gabon to see where it is and I looked up Martinique also, where Rene Maran was born. Since it has such a good recomendation from you, I'll particularly look forward to reading this.
One of the more interesting books I've read for this challenge. Thanks, hendertuckian, for sharing it with me. It was short and yet poignant and descriptive of the culture.
I put this into the mail today to eicuthbertson, as part of the Passport to the World VBB (virtual book box).
Received today - thanks hobbit!
This book will be on its way soon to garibaldisghost - chosen from the Passport to the World bookbox at www.bookobsessed.com
Born in Martinique, schooled in France, Maran (1887-1960)entered the French colonial service, and worked in French Equatorial Africa (later the Central African Republic) from 1910 to 1925, the only black Frenchman to do so. Batouala is drawn from this experience and won the Prix Goncourt in 1921. In the preface, Maran's anti-colonial stance is more explicit.
A deceptively 'easy' book to read - many disturbing themes.
For something more about the author, read "The Literary Contributions of the French West Indian" by Mercer Cook: http://www.nathanielturner.com/caribbeanlit.htm
and A History of Literature in the Caribbean
By Albert James Arnold, Julio Rodríguez-Luis and J. Michael Dash (Philadelphia/Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994) Preview on Google Book Search
A deceptively 'easy' book to read - many disturbing themes.
For something more about the author, read "The Literary Contributions of the French West Indian" by Mercer Cook: http://www.nathanielturner.com/caribbeanlit.htm
and A History of Literature in the Caribbean
By Albert James Arnold, Julio Rodríguez-Luis and J. Michael Dash (Philadelphia/Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1994) Preview on Google Book Search
Journal Entry 8 by eicuthbertson from Burnaby, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Off in the mail tomorrow to garibaldisghost.
Journal Entry 9 by garibaldisghost from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Promptly and safely received yesterday - thangyerverymuch.
Journal Entry 10 by garibaldisghost from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Some of this is a bit hard-going but nonetheless it's an enjoyable story that comes to an inevitable conclusion.
Nottingham Bookcrossers' Read the World Challenge - Gabon
Nottingham Bookcrossers' Read the World Challenge - Gabon
Journal Entry 11 by garibaldisghost at Mmm Deli in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (5/26/2009 UTC) at Mmm Deli in Sherwood, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I popped into the deli looking for some hot chilli sauce and left this on the shelf by the front door.
I popped into the deli looking for some hot chilli sauce and left this on the shelf by the front door.
Caught Batoula in Mm... Deli.Only been able to have a quick dip into it so far...I'll let you know.
CAUGHT IN NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND
CAUGHT IN NOTTINGHAM ENGLAND