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Casablanca Story /

"One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-cl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bofane, In Koli Jean, 1954- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Johnston, Bill, 1960- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges. In The Belles of Casablanca, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction. Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are"--
Notas:Originally published as La Belle de Casa in French 2018 Actes Sud.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (166 pages).
ISBN:9780253058805