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Product Identifiers
PublisherIndiana University Press
ISBN-100253020484
ISBN-139780253020482
eBay Product ID (ePID)217060554
Product Key Features
Book TitleKaveena
Number of Pages246 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicGeneral, Political
GenreFiction
AuthorAyo A. Coly, Boubacar Boris Diop, Sara C. Hanaburgh, Bhakti Shringarpure
Book SeriesGlobal African Voices Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-033962
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"This is Diop's way of digging out of a silent history." -Contemporary Francophone Writers and the Burden of Commitment, "Clear-sighted and desperate, speaks relentlessly of Africa bruised at the hands of local and foreign politicians, brutal, greedy, merciless. A brave novel that pulls no punches." --International Alliance of Independent Publishers, "A dark, ferocious novel that you won't put down unscathed, and certainly not any more confident in the goodness in the hearts of humankind." --Maurice Mourier, La Quinzaine Litteraire, "This is Diop's way of digging out of a silent history."-- Contemporary Francophone Writers and the Burden of Commitment "Clear-sighted and desperate, speaks relentlessly of Africa bruised at the hands of local and foreign politicians, brutal, greedy, merciless. A brave novel that pulls no punches."--International Alliance of Independent Publishers "A dark, ferocious novel that you won't put down unscathed, and certainly not any more confident in the goodness in the hearts of humankind."--Maurice Mourier, La Quinzaine Litteraire "Always opinionated, always passionate, and always worth reading."-- The Lit Hub, "This is Diop's way of digging out of a silent history." --Contemporary Francophone Writers and the Burden of Commitment
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal843/.914
SynopsisAs these powerful men use others as pawns in a violent real-life chess match, it is the murder of six-year-old Kaveena and her mother's quest for vengeance that brings about a surprise reckoning., This dark and suspenseful novel tells the story of a fictitious West African country caught in the grip of civil war. The dispassionate and deadpan narrator, Asante Kroma, is a former head of Secret Services and finds himself living with the corpse of the dictator, a man who once ruled his nation with an iron fist. Through a series of flashbacks and letters penned by the dictator, N'Zo Nikiema, readers discover the role of the French shadow leader, Pierre Castaneda, whose ongoing ambition to exploit the natural resources of the country knows no limits. As these powerful men use others as pawns in a violent real-life chess match, it is the murder of six-year-old Kaveena and her mother's quest for vengeance that brings about a surprise reckoning.
LC Classification NumberPQ3989.2.D553K3813
