Transparent City
OndjakiA VANITY FAIR HOT TYPE BOOK FOR APRIL
2018 A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2018
A LIT HUB FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WORLD LITERATURE TODAY NOTABLE TRANSLATION OF 2018
In a crumbling apartment block in the Angolan city of Luanda, families work, laugh, scheme, and get by. In the middle of it all is the melancholic Odonato, nostalgic for the country of his youth and searching for his lost son. As his hope drains away and as the city outside his doors changes beyond all recognition, Odonato's flesh becomes transparent and his body increasingly weightless. A captivating blend of magical realism, scathing political satire, tender comedy, and literary experimentation, Transparent City offers a gripping and joyful portrait of urban Africa quite unlike any before yet published in English, and places Ondjaki, indisputably, among the continent's most accomplished writers.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 05/15/2018
ISBN: 9781771961431
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/11/2018