Africa List
Passage of Tears
Abdourahman A. Waberi, David Ball, Nicole Ball
List price £14.50
Product Details
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN:
- 9780857425317
- Published:
- 29 Mar 2018
- Publisher:
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Dimensions:
- 224 pages - 197 x 121 x 18mm
- Availability:
- Available
- Series:
- Africa List
Categories:
Passage of Tears cleverly mixes many genres and forms of writing--spy novel, political thriller, diary (replete with childhood memories), travel notebook, legends, parables, incantations, and prayers. Djibril's reminiscences provide a sense of Djibouti's past and its people, while a satire of Muslim fundamentalism is unwittingly delivered through the other Djiboutian voice. Waberi's inventive parody is a lesson in tolerance, while his poetic observations reveal his love and concern for his homeland.
The narrator Djibril's reminiscences provide a sense of Djibouti's past and its people, while a satire of Muslim fundamentalism is unwittingly delivered through another complementary Djiboutian voice.
The French-Djiboutian novelist, poet, and essayist Abdourahman A. Waberi is one of the leading francophone writers of his generation. His other books include The Land Without Shadow, Harvest of Skulls, and Rifts, Roads and Rails. Together or separately, David and Nicole Ball have published nine book-length translations, most recently Waberi's In the United States of Africa.