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Blaise Ndala pubblicato da Other Press
**A Brittle Paper Notable African Book of 2023
A gripping multigenerational novel that explores the history and human cost of colonialism in the Congo.**
April 1958. Organizing the Brussels World's Fair, the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, subcommissioner Robert Dumont cedes to pressure from the royal palace: there will be a "Congolese village" in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven members of this "human zoo" assembled to put on a show at the foot of the Atomium is the young Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. From her native Kasai to Brussels via LĂ©opoldville, the princess's journey unfoldsuntil her forced exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of her. Summer 2004. Newly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his fatherFrancis Dumont, professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A breathtaking series of events will reveal to them a secret the former subcommissioner of Expo 58 carried to his grave. From one century to the next, In the Belly of the Congo confronts History with a capital "H" to pose the central question of the colonial equation: Can the past pass?
Generi Gialli Noir e Avventura » Romanzi storici » Saghe , Romanzi e Letterature » Narrativa d'ambientazione storica » Romanzi contemporanei » Saghe
Editore Other Press
Formato Ebook con Adobe DRM
Pubblicato 07/02/2023
Lingua Inglese
EAN-13 9781635422597 9781635422597
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