Transparent City by Ondjaki

Transparent City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781771961431)

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Format: Paperback
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Transparent City by Ondjaki

Transparent City

$15.95
Transparent City by Ondjaki

Transparent City

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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A gripping portrait of contemporary urban Africa--by turns magic realist, deeply emotional, and savagely satirical.

Author: Ondjaki
ISBN-10: 1771961430
ISBN-13: 9781771961431
Publisher: Biblioasis
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/11/2018
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Ondjaki was born in Luanda, Angola in 1977. He is the author of five novels, four short-story collections, and numerous books of poems and stories for children. He has also made a documentary film, May Cherries Grow, about his native city. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

In 2008 Ondjaki was awarded the Grinzane for Africa Prize in the category of Best Young Writer. In 2012 The Guardian named him one of its "Top Five African Writers." Transpar-ent City won the 2013 José Saramago Prize in Portugal, and, in France, the 2015 Prix Trans-fuge for Best African Novel and a 2016 Prix Littérature-Monde from the St. Malo World Literature Festival.

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