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Sto caricando le informazioni... Little Boys Come from the Stars (1998)di Emmanuel Boundzéki Dongala
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The characters are a bit unbelievable but it's a fun farce of African politics with insightful comments on mysteries of the world. ( ) A beautifully written novel about political corruption told from the eyes of a boy coming of age. His nickname, Matapari meaning "trouble" stems from his birth; the first triplet for his village. They didn't know how to comprehend his birth, as the midwife claimed he was not in the womb when she delivered his other two brothers 48 hours before. Raised by a open-minded man, the only native teacher in the country and a devout Christian mother. As he is coming of age he watches the political corruption disrupt his pristine and perfect village and his family. I really loved this book. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Sardonic, subtle, and sweetly scathing, Little Boys Come from the Stars is satire at its best. Set in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari (“trouble”) because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious though confused Catholic, and his uncle a shameless opportunist determined to gain power in the shifting politics of their post-colonial nation, Matapari remains an unsullied child who wears Reeboks, drinks Coke, reads Japanese comics, and watches Rambo. But when his family becomes the nucleus of the revolution for democracy, Matapari proves to be the ideal narrator for this story of violent upheaval and bloody corruption–a voice whose ironic innocence makes bearable and even humorous the awful realities of the world it describes. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)843.914Literature French French fiction Modern Period 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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