by Alain Mabanckou · Points · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782757816394
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Black Bazar» is the novel by Alain Mabanckou, published by Points in paperback (264 pages, in French).
A Congolese dandy living in Paris, nicknamed «fessologue» for his habit of observing women's behinds, falls into deep melancholy when his partner abandons him. Taking refuge in the Jip's bar among colorful characters, a chance encounter with a Haitian writer in a bookstore spurs him to write with humor and sarcasm about the world around him.
The French edition belongs to the Points collection, number 2317.
For readers interested in contemporary African literature and stories about the Congolese diaspora in Paris.
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France, including Broken Glass (2005) and the Prix Renaudot-winning Memoirs of a Porcupine (2006). He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language, and one of the best known African writers in France. In some circles in Paris he is known as "the Samuel Beckett of Africa".
