Calixthe Beyala : performances of migration /
As the most successful female writer from Francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala occupies an unusual place in French literary and popular culture. Her novels are bestsellers, and she appears regularly on French television and radio, yet her reputation has in recent years been tarnished by allegations o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | As the most successful female writer from Francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala occupies an unusual place in French literary and popular culture. Her novels are bestsellers, and she appears regularly on French television and radio, yet her reputation has in recent years been tarnished by allegations of plagiarism. She is lauded both as a consecrated, best-selling?authentic? African author and a proven literary?fake?, found guilty of plagiarism in the High Court in Paris but in the same year awarded the highly prestigious Grand Prix du roman de l?Académie Française for one of the novels in whic. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781846312724 1846312728 1781386277 9781781386279 |