Alain Mabanckou
Forfatter af Broken Glass
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Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzavile in 1966. He is the author of Broken Glass (Soft Skull 2010), Memoirs of a Porcupine (Soft Skull 2006) and African Psycho (Soft Skull 2007) among others. He currently divides his time between Paris and California, where he teaches French Literature at vis mere UCLA. Sara Meli Ansari is a translator and design historian. She holds an undergraduate degree in French studies from the University of Michigan and a Masters degree in the history of culture and design from the Bard Graduate Center. She live with her husband in New York City. vis mindre
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Værker af Alain Mabanckou
Tant Que Les Arbres S'Enracineront Dans La Terre. Et Autres Po'mes (French Edition) (2003) 4 eksemplarer
Irmã-estrela 2 eksemplarer
La felicità degli uomini semplici 2 eksemplarer
Huit - Nouvelles (Littérature Française) 1 eksemplar
Kuppinurin 1 eksemplar
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Speaking of Work: A Story of Love, Suspense and Paperclips — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Memoirs of a porcupine af Alain Mabanckou
There's a lot of literary references to things I haven't read, so I just read it as a kind of folk tale. It works well on that level too, and I liked the way that the normal human view of how animals exist and work for them was depicted from the other side for a change.
Sad, funny, sweet. About a boy in an orphanage who then escapes, only to end up there again. Circular in a similar way Blue White Red was. One loses oneself only to end up were one began.
About the “African dandy” in Paris. “Under these circumstances, one will understand that silence, observation, and sometimes contempt lived inside me. I thought that things would go in my favor, suturing the gaping wounds here and there of my disillusionment. I saw the distance sinking between my dirty past and the illusory cocoon of a future. “ (6)
We were allowed to dream. It didn’t cost anything. No exit visa was necessary, no passport, no airline ticket. Think about it. Close your eyes. Sleep. Snore. And there we were, every night...” (20)
Very good. Short, tight tale of a young man chewed up and spit back out by the dream of being an African dandy in Paris.… (mere)
We were allowed to dream. It didn’t cost anything. No exit visa was necessary, no passport, no airline ticket. Think about it. Close your eyes. Sleep. Snore. And there we were, every night...” (20)
Very good. Short, tight tale of a young man chewed up and spit back out by the dream of being an African dandy in Paris.… (mere)
A poetic translation of a young man missteps in Paris, THE big city from a village in the Congo. The longest time is spent on the building of the myth of Paris and "The Parisians", those stylish young men who have by their own stories, conquered Paris and can bring home the goods to their family. The backward view has informed us of the dangerous lie into which the narrator inevitably draws us.
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- Værker
- 47
- Also by
- 5
- Medlemmer
- 1,326
- Popularitet
- #19,390
- Vurdering
- 3.4
- Anmeldelser
- 63
- ISBN
- 175
- Sprog
- 15
- Udvalgt
- 2
