The death of comrade president - Alain Mabanckou

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Author: MABANCKOU ALAIN

Publisher: The New Press

ISBN: 9781620976067

Publication Date: 2020

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Summary : In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa Roger, life goes on. But Michel's everyday cares - lost grocery money, the whims of his parents' moods, their neighbours' squabbling, his endless daydreaming - are soon swept away by the wind of history. In March 1977, just before the arrival of the short rainy season, Comrade President Marien Ngouabi is brutally murdered in Brazzaville, and not even naïve Michel can remain untouched.

The author : Born in Congo in 1966, Alain Mabanckou is the author of a dozen novels, including Verre Cassé (2005) and Mémoires de Porc-épic (Prix Renaudot). His work has been translated into some twenty languages. He teaches French literature at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA).