{"product_id":"tram-83-9781941920046","title":"Tram 83","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An exuberantly dark first novel.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNPR's Fresh Air w\/ Terry Gross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Nominated for the Man Booker International Prize 2016**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Debut African Fiction**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo friends, one a budding writer home from abroad, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the most notorious nightclub--Tram 83--in a war-torn city-state in secession, surrounded by profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities. \u003ci\u003eTram 83 \u003c\/i\u003eplunges the reader into the modern African gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colorfully exotic, using jazz rhythms to weave a tale of human relationships in a world that has become a global village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e**One of Flavorwire's 33 Must-Read Books for Fall 2015**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFiston Mwanza Mujila \u003c\/b\u003e(b. 1981, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo) is a poet, dramatist, and scholar. \u003ci\u003eTram 83 \u003c\/i\u003eis his award-winning and much raved-about debut novel that caused a literary sensation when published in France in August 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Deep Vellum Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941920046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/12\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2015 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiston Mwanza Mujila","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671654101148,"sku":"9781941920046","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6d0275db-da0d-457c-8f9c-f83c3eb09831.jpg?v=1603925931","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tram-83-9781941920046","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}