Tram 83 /
Mwanza Mujila, Fiston, 1981-
Tram 83 / Tram eighty-three Fiston Mwanza Mujila ; translated from the French by Roland Glasser ; foreword by Alain Mabanckou. - Special Etisalat edition. - 211 p. ; 21 cm
Originally published in French as: Tram 83. Paris : Éditions Métailié, 2014.
Exceptional debut Congolese novel uses jazz rhythm to evoke the frenzied exploitation of land and people in contemporary Africa. "In an unnamed African city in secession, profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities mix. They have only one desire: to make a fortune by exploiting the mineral wealth of the land. Two friends: Lucien, a writer with literary ambitions home from abroad, and his childhood firend Requiem, who dreams of taking over the seedy underworld of their hometown, gather in the most notorious nightclub in town: the Tram 83."--back cover.
9781941920046 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 1941920047 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
2015935847
Gold mines and mining--Africa--Fiction.
Nightclubs--Africa--Fiction.
Outlaws--Africa--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining.
Nightclubs.
Outlaws.
Africa.
Fiction.
PQ3989.3 / .M94T7313 2015
Tram 83 / Tram eighty-three Fiston Mwanza Mujila ; translated from the French by Roland Glasser ; foreword by Alain Mabanckou. - Special Etisalat edition. - 211 p. ; 21 cm
Originally published in French as: Tram 83. Paris : Éditions Métailié, 2014.
Exceptional debut Congolese novel uses jazz rhythm to evoke the frenzied exploitation of land and people in contemporary Africa. "In an unnamed African city in secession, profit-seekers of all languages and nationalities mix. They have only one desire: to make a fortune by exploiting the mineral wealth of the land. Two friends: Lucien, a writer with literary ambitions home from abroad, and his childhood firend Requiem, who dreams of taking over the seedy underworld of their hometown, gather in the most notorious nightclub in town: the Tram 83."--back cover.
9781941920046 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 1941920047 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
2015935847
Gold mines and mining--Africa--Fiction.
Nightclubs--Africa--Fiction.
Outlaws--Africa--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining.
Nightclubs.
Outlaws.
Africa.
Fiction.
PQ3989.3 / .M94T7313 2015