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My kingdom for a guitar : a novel / Kidi Bebey ; translated by Karen Lindo.
Van Pelt Library PQ3989.2.B3516 M6613 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bebey, Kidi, author.
- Series:
- Global African voices
- Standardized Title:
- Mon royaume pour une guitare. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "My Kingdom for a Guitar is a novel based on the remarkable life of Cameroonian-born writer and musician Francis Bebey. Born in Douala, Cameroon, Bebey studied in Paris and New York. He found fame when his first novel, Le Fils d'Agatha Moudio (Agatha Moudio's Son), was published in 1967, and that fame continued to grow with the release of his first album in 1969. He would go on to become one of the best-known singer-songwriters of Africa, whose groundbreaking style merged Cameroonian makossa with classical guitar, jazz, and pop. Narrated by Bebey's daughter, Kidi, My Kingdom for a Guitar is a tribute to her late father and his family. Through a combination of recollections and fiction, it offers the reader a chance to witness the admiration of a daughter for her father and the love of a man for his music"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bebey, Kidi, My kingdom for a guitar
- ISBN:
- 9780253057853
- 025305785X
- OCLC:
- 1196245998
- Publisher Number:
- 99988420040
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