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008    170425s2017    nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2017020225 
020    9781620972939|q(hardback) 
020    162097293X|q(hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)984512257 
037    |bPerseus Distribution Services, 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN,
       USA, 38301-5070|nSAN 631-760X 
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041 1  eng|hfre 
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050 00 PQ3989.2.M217|bP4813 2017 
082 00 843/.914|223 
100 1  Mabanckou, Alain,|d1966-|eauthor. 
240 10 Petit Piment.|lEnglish 
245 10 Black Moses /|cAlain Mabanckou ; translated by Helen 
       Stevenson. 
264  1 New York :|bThe New Press,|c2017. 
300    199 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Originally published in France..., in 2015" -- copyright 
       page 
520    "A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 
       1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the
       Man International Booker Prize  It's not easy being 
       Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya 
       Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which 
       means, "Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the 
       lands of the ancestors." Most people just call him Moses. 
       Then there's the orphanage where he lives, run by a 
       malicious political stooge, Dieudonne Ngoulmoumako, and 
       where he's terrorized by two fellow orphans-the twins 
       Songi-Songi and Tala-Tala.  But after Moses exacts revenge
       on the twins by lacing their food with hot pepper, the 
       twins take Moses under their wing, escape the orphanage, 
       and move to the bustling port town of Pointe-Noire, where 
       they form a gang that survives on petty theft. What 
       follows is a funny, moving, larger-than-life tale that 
       chronicles Moses's ultimately tragic journey through the 
       Pointe-Noire underworld and the politically repressive 
       world of Congo-Brazzaville in the 1970s and 80s.  
       Mabanckou's vivid portrayal of Moses's mental collapse 
       echoes the work of Hugo, Dickens, and Brian DePalma's 
       Scarface, confirming Mabanckou's status as one of our 
       great storytellers. Black Moses is a vital new extension 
       of his cycle of Pointe-Noire novels that stand out as one 
       of the grandest, funniest, fictional projects of our time"
       --|cProvided by publisher. 
650  7 FICTION / Literary.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Congo (Brazzaville)|vFiction. 
655  7 Bildungsromans.|2lcgft 
700 1  Stevenson, Helen|c(Translator),|etranslator. 
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994    C0|bWHP