Doctor Frederick Ngenito / Linus T. Asong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Asong, Linus T. (Linus Tongwo), 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroonian literature (English).

Cameroon--Social life and customs--Fiction.

Cameroon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa RPCIG, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dr. Frederick Ngenito shocks his entire ethnic community by finally marrying a girl whose rejection of him had cost him an enviable job. But this is nothing compared to the ire of the ancestors when he hides the facts surrounding his irate father's suicide and he is buried without the traditional cleansing, and which reduces him to a wreck. Harrowing but thoroughly enjoyable, this spellbinder of a novel is a brash standoff between filia and eros, science and fetish fears. Bloodcurdling premonitions and raspy raw effects make of this novel of many parts a story of dogged intolerance and catastr

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Part One; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Part Two; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613197764

9781283197762

1283197766

9789956715169

9956715166

9789956715282

995671528X

9789956616336

9956616338

OCLC:

830166318