The King of Kahel - Couverture souple

Monénembo, Tierno

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0982555075 ISBN 13 : 9780982555071

Editeur : Amazon Crossing, 2010

Synopsis

Tierno Monénembo’s The King of Kahel was originally published in France in 2008 and was the winner of the French literary prize, the prix Renaudot, which is awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel. Loosely based on the life of Olivier de Sanderval, a man who journeyed to Guinea to build an empire by conquering the hostile region of Fouta Djallon, the book exposes how Sanderval braves all dangers to build a railway that will bring modern civilization to Africa.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tierno Monénembo is the winner of France’s 2008 prix Renaudot, which is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding original novel. He was honored with the prize for his book, The King of Kahel. Born in 1947 in Guinea, Tierno Monénembo was exiled to Senegal and the Ivory Coast before moving to France in 1973 to pursue a doctorate in biochemistry. He is the author of nine books and one stage play.

Nicholas Elliott is a writer and translator based in New York and anywhere he accompanies his laptop. As a translator, Nicholas specializes in film, photo and art books. In 2007, he shared a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship with co-translator Elizabeth Williamson for their translation of Michel Azama’s play Vie et mort de Pier Paolo Pasolini (Life and Death of Pier Paolo Pasolini). The King of Kahel is his first translation of a work of fiction.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In the early 1880s, Aimé Victor Olivier, (known as the Viscount of Sanderval), devised a project to conquer Fouta Djallon, a highland region in Guinea, and to build a railroad through it. Nearly forgotten today, Olivier was one of the earliest colonizers of West Africa whose adventures often made headlines. Over the course of his journeys, Sanderval managed to gain the confidence of the Fula people, who gave him the Kahel plateau and authorized him to create coins bearing his effigy.

In The King of Kahel, Tierno Monénembo has brought us an incredibly rich novelized biography of this colorful character, who sought to carve out his own kingdom under the noses of both the French and the English.

(Translated from the French by Nicholas Elliott)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amazon Crossing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0982555075
• ISBN 13: 9780982555071
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 289
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Amazon Publishing, Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.; https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/work-with-us.html; ; 38, avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg