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Casablanca story / In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Bill Johnston.
Van Pelt Library PQ3989.3.B578 B4513 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bofane, In Koli Jean, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Global African voices
- Standardized Title:
- Belle de Casa. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- Casablanca (Morocco)--Social conditions--Fiction.
- Casablanca (Morocco).
- Morocco--Casablanca.
- Genre:
- novels.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 154 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- "One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges. In The Belles of Casablanca, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction. Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Solar Winds
- Geothermal Power
- Clouds
- Particulate Matter
- Cyclone
- Low Pressure
- Heat Wave
- Greenhouse Effect
- High Pressure.
- Notes:
- Originally published as La Belle de Casa in French © 2018 Actes Sud.
- Translated from the French.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bofane, In Koli Jean. Casablanca story
- ISBN:
- 9780253058799
- 0253058791
- OCLC:
- 1227691990
- Publisher Number:
- 99991386769
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