The story of the madman
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書誌事項
The story of the madman
（CARAF books）
University Press of Virginia, 2001
- : pbk
- タイトル別名
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L'histoire du fou
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注記
Translation of: L'histoire du fou
Bibliography: p. [188]-190
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Widely acclaimed when first published in French in 1994, Mongo Beti's tenth novel, L'histoire du fou, continues the author's humorous yet fierce criticism of the colonial system in Africa and its legacy of governmental corruption. Translated here as The Story of the Madman, the novel gives the English-speaking world Beti's comic satire of the fictional Chief Zoaeteleu and his favorite sons Zoaetoa and Narcisse. In a modern fable that Beti uses to illustrate the problems of a people's distintegrating values in a postcolonial state, Chief Zoaeteleu, a puppet under two dictatorial regimes, is swept into the frontline of politics, where his fortunes unravel. Along with his caustic portrayal of failed government - clearly a reflection of his native Cameroon - Beti's realism provides an intriguing view of the struggle for balance between traditional life and imminent change in African culture.
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