Books by Alain Mabanckou (4)


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African Psycho : A Novel by Alain Mabanckou EN

Rating: 2.5     4 Votes
Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
Description:
Gregoire Nakobomayo has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. However, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological and logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that he is dead doesn't prevent Gregoire from talking with him.
Genre Crime
Recommended: 28 Aug 2023

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Black Moses : A Novel by Alain Mabanckou EN

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Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
Description:
The "heart-breaking" (New York Times Book Review), rollicking, award-winning novel that has been described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) "One of the most compelling books you'll read in any language this year." —Rolling Stone Winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize Shortlisted for the Albertine Prize Shortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize Greeted with wildly enthusiastic reviews on publication, Alain Mabanckou's riotous novel begins in an orphanage in 1970s Congo-Brazza... continue
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Recommended: 07 Sep 2022

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Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou EN

Rating: 2     1 Vote
Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
Description:
Set in a Congolese bar called Credit Gone West, tells the story of a former teacher who is charged with documenting the stories of the bar's partrons.
Tags: Set in CONGO
Recommended: 09 Apr 2023

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Letter to Jimmy by Alain Mabanckou EN

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Country: Africa / Congo flag Congo
Description:
Written on the twentieth anniversary of James Baldwin’s death, Letter to Jimmy is African writer Alain Mabanckou’s ode to his literary hero and an effort to place Baldwin’s life in context within the greater African diaspora. Beginning with a chance encounter with a beggar wandering along a Santa Monica beach—a man whose ragged clothes and unsteady gait remind the author of a character out of one of James Baldwin’s novels— Mabanckou uses his own experiences as an African living in the US as a launching pad to take readers on a fascinating tour of James Baldwin’s life. As Mabanckou reads Baldwi... continue
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Recommended: 20 Feb 2022


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