The African Equation - Couverture souple

Khadra, Yasmina

 
9781908313706: The African Equation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1908313706 ISBN 13 : 9781908313706
Editeur : Gallic Books, 2015

Synopsis

LONG LISTED FOR 2017 DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PRIZE
Kurt Krausmann, a recently bereaved Frankfurt doctor, is persuaded to join his friend, wealthy benefactor Hans Makkenroth, on a humanitarian mission to the Comoros. The journey helps him begin to confront his loss, but soon misfortune strikes again: the boat he and Hans are travelling in is hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and the men are taken hostage.

Held in a remote hideout, the prisoners suffer harsh conditions and the brutality of their guards; self-styled warriors, ex-army captains and even poets drawn to banditry through poverty or opportunism.

When the group decamps to a lawless desert region and Hans is taken away, Kurt sinks deeper into despair. But fellow inmate Bruno, a French ethnologist who has been travelling Africa for 40 years, attempts to show Kurt another side to the wounded yet defiant continent he has taken to his heart.

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À propos de l?auteur

Yasmina Khadra is the author of more than 20 novels, including The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack, both shortlisted for the IMPAC literary award. Khadra's work has been published in 45 countries. He has twice been honoured by the Académie française, winning both the Médaille de vermeil (2001) and Grand Prix de littérature (2012).

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Éditeur
Gallic Books
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908313706
ISBN 13 
9781908313706
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
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