{"product_id":"monnew-a-novel-9781562790271","title":"Monnew: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAhmadou Kouroumas long-awaited novel - hailed by critics as \"a major event in the history of French-language African literature\" and \"a masterpiece of literary creation\" - tells the story of Djigui Keita  king of fictional Soba. Relying on ancestral magic  faith in Allah  and baked-mud fortifications  Djigui finds himself powerless in the face of oncoming French colonial troops and falls into the fateful politics of conciliation  compromise  and betrayal that still pervades postcolonial Africa. Tyrannical chief and authentic victim of historical forces  opportunist and pious humanitarian  Djigui Keita  the \"AgeOldMan\" of his people  is brutally awakened from the tranquillity of traditional certitudes and dragged into a colonial tragedy \"made in Europe.\" Enduring the monnew - the insults  outrages  trials  contempts  and humiliations - of colonialism  Djigui acquires the dimensions of a tragic hero. Ultimately  deep meditation  inspired by the infinite sufferings of his subjects during the more than 125 years of his reign  reveals to Djigui the true nature of people and their acts. A novel as rich in natural resources as the African continent  Monnew shines with the gold of poetic comedy and plunges into the quagmire of the African tragedy. Kourouma writes with the accent of his native Malinke language and culture  conveying and analyzing the intricate mechanisms and linguistic complications of postcolonial Africa. In a tender  virile  rigorously intelligent voice  Kourouma uses his prodigious powers of poetry  humor  and stylistic invention to hasten the end of \"the seasons of bitterness \" the centuries of African sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924700594229,"sku":"ByrdShop_1562790277","price":246.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781562790271.jpg?v=1794139656","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/monnew-a-novel-9781562790271","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}