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245 10 a| Black Moses /c| Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Helen Stevenson.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| The New Press,c| 2017.;

300 a| 199 pages ;c| 20 cm;

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500 a| "A novel"--Dust jacket.;

500 a| "Originally published in France as Petit Piment by Éditions du Seuil, Paris, in 2015"--Title page verso.;

546 a| Translated from the French.;

520 a| "A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the Man International Booker Prize It's not easy being Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which means, "Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors." Most people just call him Moses. Then there's the orphanage where he lives, run by a malicious political stooge, Dieudonne Ngoulmoumako, and where he's terrorized by two fellow orphans--the twins Songi-Songi and Tala-Tala. But after Moses exacts revenge on the twins by lacing their food with hot pepper, the twins take Moses under their wing, escape the orphanage, and move to the bustling port town of Pointe-Noire, where they form a gang that survives on petty theft. What follows is a funny, moving, larger-than-life tale that chronicles Moses's ultimately tragic journey through the Pointe-Noire underworld and the politically repressive world of Congo-Brazzaville in the 1970s and 80s. Mabanckou's vivid portrayal of Moses's mental collapse echoes the work of Hugo, Dickens, and Brian DePalma's Scarface, confirming Mabanckou's status as one of our great storytellers. Black Moses is a vital new extension of his cycle of Pointe-Noire novels that stand out as one of the grandest, funniest, fictional projects of our time"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Black Moses / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Helen Stevenson.

Author/creator	Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- author.
Other author	Stevenson, Helen (Translator), translator.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : The New Press, 2017.
Description	199 pages ; 20 cm
Subjects	Orphans--Congo. --Fiction. Orphans--Congo (Brazzaville). --Fiction. Congo (Brazzaville)--Fiction.

Uniform title	Petit Piment. English
Abstract	"A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the Man International Booker Prize It's not easy being Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which means, "Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors." Most people just call him Moses. Then there's the orphanage where he lives, run by a malicious political stooge, Dieudonne Ngoulmoumako, and where he's terrorized by two fellow orphans--the twins Songi-Songi and Tala-Tala. But after Moses exacts revenge on the twins by lacing their food with hot pepper, the twins take Moses under their wing, escape the orphanage, and move to the bustling port town of Pointe-Noire, where they form a gang that survives on petty theft. What follows is a funny, moving, larger-than-life tale that chronicles Moses's ultimately tragic journey through the Pointe-Noire underworld and the politically repressive world of Congo-Brazzaville in the 1970s and 80s. Mabanckou's vivid portrayal of Moses's mental collapse echoes the work of Hugo, Dickens, and Brian DePalma's Scarface, confirming Mabanckou's status as one of our great storytellers. Black Moses is a vital new extension of his cycle of Pointe-Noire novels that stand out as one of the grandest, funniest, fictional projects of our time"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"A novel"--Dust jacket.
General note	"Originally published in France as Petit Piment by Éditions du Seuil, Paris, in 2015"--Title page verso.
Language	Translated from the French.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Bildungsromans.
Genre/form	Fiction.
Genre/form	Bildungsromans.
Genre/form	Novels.
Genre/form	Bildungsromans.
Genre/form	Bildungsromans.
LCCN	2017020225
ISBN	9781620972939 (hardcover)
ISBN	162097293X (hardcover)
ISBN	(electronic book)
Standard identifier#	40027281352

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