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Life and a half / Sony Labou Tansi ; translated [from the French] by Alison Dundy ; introduction by Dominic Thomas.
| Author/creator | Sony Lab'Ou Tansi |
| Other author | Dundy, Alison. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xii, 134 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Vie et demie. English |
| Series | Global African voices Global African voices. ^A1055153 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Sony Labou Tansi -- The Conscience of Africa and the Voice of the People / Dominic Thomas -- Warning / Sony Labou Tansi. |
| Abstract | Listed as one of the 100 best books on Africa, Life and a Half was Sony Labou Tansi's response to the death of close friends during a bloody military and political crackdown in Congo. The novel takes place in an imaginary African country run by the latest in a series of cannibalistic dictators who has captured Martial, the leader of the opposition, and his family. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| LCCN | 2010027837 |
| ISBN | 9780253355966 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253355966 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780253222879 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0253222877 (pbk. : alk. paper) |