The award-winning author of Black Moses is at his satiric best in this
novel the catalogs the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of
civil war. Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The
Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out
between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent.
Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of
Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates in a series of outlandish
actions perpetrated by the warring parties’ private militias—the
Anacondas and the Romans from the North who have seized power against
Vercingetorix (named after none other than the legendary Gallic
warrior who fought against Caesar’s army) and his Little Negro
Grandsons in the South who are eager to regain control. Translated
into English for the first time, this novel provides a gritty slice of
life in an active war zone. “Nearly twenty years removed from its
French publication, Mabanckou’s aptitude for characterization and
his unflinching glimpse of plight echo within every movement of
Vercingetorix . . . With The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix,
Mabanckou stresses that even as violence is an accomplice to life,
perseverance is synonymous.” —World Literature Today
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ISBN
9780253043863
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
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Indiana University Press
Språk
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Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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