Shadows of Your Black Memory - Couverture souple

Ndongo, Donato; Ugarte, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0997228709 ISBN 13 : 9780997228700

Editeur : Swan Isle Press, 2016

Synopsis

Set during the last years of Spanish rule in Equatorial Guinea, Shadows of Your Black Memory presents the voice of a young African man reflecting on his childhood. Through the idealistic eyes of the nameless protagonist, Donato Ndongo portrays the cultural conflicts between Africa and Spain, ancestral worship competing with Catholicism, and tradition giving way to modernity. The backdrop of a nation moving toward a troubled independence parallels the young man's internal struggle to define his own identity.

Now in paperback, Shadows of Your Black Memory masterfully exposes the cultural fissures of Ndongo's native land. "Spanish Guinea" is a heated, sensual landscape with exotic animals and trees, ancient rituals, ghosts, saints, and sinners. We come to know the narrator's extended family, the people of his village, merchants, sorcerers, and Catholic priests; we see them critically at times, even humorously, yet always with compassion and a magical dignity. Michael Ugarte's sensitive translation captures the spirit of the original Spanish prose and makes Ndongo's powerful, gripping tale available to English-speaking readers for the first time.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Donato Ndongo has published novels and poetry on postcolonial Africa. Born in Equatorial Guinea, he now lives in Spain.

Michael Ugarte is professor emeritus at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His works include translations and publications on modern Spanish and postcolonial literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Swan Isle Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997228709
• ISBN 13: 9780997228700
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 180
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible