Casablanca story / In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Bill Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bofane, In Koli Jean, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Johnston, Bill, 1960- translator.

Series:

Global African voices.

Global African voices

Standardized Title:

Belle de Casa. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Casablanca (Morocco)--Social conditions--Fiction.

Casablanca (Morocco).

Genre:

Romans.

Novels.

Fiction.

Fictional Work

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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

Areas of Low Pressure

Heat Wave

Greenhouse Effect

High Pressure.

Notes:

Originally published as La Belle de Casa in French 2018 Actes Sud.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-05880-5

OCLC:

1252736147