Bound to Violence
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- Synopsis
- ‘A great novel ... bone-chilling black satire … it deserves many readings’ New York TimesA mock epic of explosive power, Bound to Violence races through the history of the imaginary African kingdom of Nakem, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Recounting the bloody adventures of successive inglorious dynasties, the arrival of white exploiters and the fates of ordinary, endlessly persecuted citizens – most notably the tragicomic, Paris-educated hero Raymond-Spartacus Kassoumi – this iconoclastic, outrageous 1968 novel takes a wry, sideways look at empire and nationalism, and at the sex, violence and power that run through human relationships.‘A startling energy of language’ John Updike, New YorkerTranslated by Ralph ManheimWith an Introduction by Chérif Keïta
- Copyright:
- 1968
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781802064865
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780241680803
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Date of Addition:
- 03/07/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Yambo Ouologuem
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Humor
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Introduction by:
- Chérif Keïta
- Translator:
- Ralph Manheim