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The negro grandsons of Vercingetorix
- Title
- The negro grandsons of Vercingetorix / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Bill Johnston.
- Author
- Mabanckou, Alain, 1966-
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Johnston, Bill, 1960-
- Description
- xiii, 203 pages; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "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. Award-winning author Alain Mabanckou is at his satiric best in this novel that catalogues the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of civil war. Translated into English for the first time, this novel provides a gritty slice of life in an active war zone"--Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Global African voices
- Uniform Title
- Petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix. English
- Global African voices.
- Alternative Title
- Petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- War fiction.
- Satirical fiction.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Note
- Originally published in French as: Les petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix : roman. Paris : Serpent à plumes, c2002.
- Translated from the French.
- Call Number
- Sc D 20-82
- ISBN
- 9780253043887
- 0253043883
- OCLC
- 1057777593
- Author
- Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- author.
- Title
- The negro grandsons of Vercingetorix / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Bill Johnston.
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Global African voicesGlobal African voices.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Johnston, Bill, 1960- translator.
- Translation Of:
- Translation of: Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- Petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix. Paris : Serpent à plumes, ©2002 2842613171 (OCoLC)49791490
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 20-82