The land without shadows

by Waberi, Abdourahman A.

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Originally published in France in 1994, this newly translated collection presents stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. With irony and humor, these short stories portray madmen, poets, artists, French colonists, pseudointellectuals, young women, aspiring politicians, famished refugees, khat chewers, nomads struggling to survive in Djibouti's ruthless natural environment, or tramps living (and dying) in Balbala, the shantytown th…

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  • Full title :The land without shadows / Abdourahman A. Waberi ; translated and with an introduction by Jeanne Garane.

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Originally published in France in 1994, this newly translated collection presents stories about the precolonial and colonial past of Djibouti alongside those set in the postcolonial era. With irony and humor, these short stories portray madmen, poets, artists, French colonists, pseudointellectuals, young women, aspiring politicians, famished refugees, khat chewers, nomads struggling to survive in Djibouti's ruthless natural environment, or tramps living (and dying) in Balbala, the shantytown that stretches to the south of the capital--Cover.

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  • Publication Date:2005.

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  • Description:1 online resource (xxxi, 86 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn607734745
  • LC Classification:PQ2683.A23
  • Dewey Decimal:843/.914

Writers

Waberi, Abdourahman A. Garane, Jeanne

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