by Fiston Mwanza Mujila · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253045304
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«Tram 83» is the novel by Fiston Mwanza Mujila, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (264 pages, in French).
Set in Ville-Pays, an African megalopolis, the novel follows Lucien, a young writer newly arrived from the Arrière-Pays, and his friend Requiem. On the first night, Requiem takes him to the Tram 83, a crowded nightclub full of excess where striking students, fortune seekers, tourists and marginal characters cross paths. While Lucien tries to write amid the chaos, the work portrays a turbulent and ingenious society on the brink of collapse.
The work was originally published in 2014 and won the Société des gens de lettres du premier roman prize in 2014. This edition includes a foreword by Alain Mabanckou.
A title for readers of literary fiction interested in contemporary African narrative and in a poetic prose with a frenetic rhythm.
