
Far from My Father
Veronique Tadjo(Author)
University of Virginia Press
Will be published approx. on 7. April 2014
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-0-8139-3562-1 (ISBN)
Description
To attain some sort of universal value,"" Veronique Tadjo has said, ""a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared humanity."" In Far from My Father, the latest novel from this internationally acclaimed author, a woman returns to the Cote d'Ivoire after her father's death. She confronts not only unresolved family issues that she had left behind but also questions about her own identity that arise amidst the tensions between traditional and modern worlds. The drama that unfolds tells us much about the evolving role of women, the legacy of polygamy, and the economic challenges of daily life in Abidjan. On a more autobiographical level, the author depicts a daughter's efforts to come to terms with what she knew and did not know about her father.
Set against the backdrop of civil strife that has wracked the Cote d'Ivoire since the turn of the century, this story shows Tadjo's remarkable ability to inhabit a character's inner world and emotional landscape while creating a narrative of great historic and cultural dimensions.
Set against the backdrop of civil strife that has wracked the Cote d'Ivoire since the turn of the century, this story shows Tadjo's remarkable ability to inhabit a character's inner world and emotional landscape while creating a narrative of great historic and cultural dimensions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charlottesville
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8139-3562-1 (9780813935621)
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Persons
Veronique Tadjo is a poet and novelist, a public intellectual and critic, and a writer of creative nonfiction and children's literature. Her novel Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice, also translated by Amy Reid, was named an NPR Favorite Book of 2010. The original edition in French won the Le Grand Prix Litteraire d?Afrique Noire.
Amy Baram Reid is Professor of French Language and Literature at the New College of Florida, USA.
Amy Baram Reid is Professor of French Language and Literature at the New College of Florida, USA.