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Transparent city / Ondjaki ; translated from the Portuguese by Stephen Henighan.
Van Pelt Library PQ9929.O53 T7313 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ondjaki, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Biblioasis international translation series ; 22.
- Biblioasis international translation series ; 22
- Standardized Title:
- Transparentes. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Luanda (Luanda, Angola)--Fiction.
- Luanda (Luanda, Angola).
- Africa--Fiction.
- Africa.
- Apartment houses--Fiction.
- Missing persons--Fiction.
- Father-son relationship--Fiction.
- Poor--Fiction.
- Angola--Fiction.
- Angola--Luanda (Luanda).
- Local Subjects:
- Apartment houses--Fiction.
- Missing persons--Fiction.
- Father-son relationship--Fiction.
- Poor--Fiction.
- Angola--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 318 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Windsor, ON : Biblioasis, [2018]
- Summary:
- "In a crumbling apartment block in Luanda, Angola, impoverished families hoard memories to survive a corrupt regime. Odonato-nostalgic for the days of socialism-searches for his son whose life as a petty criminal he laments. As his hope drains away, Odonato's flesh becomes transparent and his body increasingly weightless. Transparent City confirms Ondjaki as one of Africa's major writers."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Os transparentes.
- "Winner of the José Saramago Prize"
- Other Format:
- Ondjaki, 1977- Transparentes. English Transparent city.
- ISBN:
- 9781771961431
- 1771961430
- OCLC:
- 1035313405
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