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112 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781556520709
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication date: 01 August 1997
fiction
literary
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Description
A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonialist in French-speaking Africa.
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![Xala by Ousmane Sembène](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBMUZIamc9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7cfcd6f43e14556e9a37ac3ed48f2fbd462698d0/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Xala.jpg)
112 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781556520709
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Publication date: 01 August 1997
fiction
literary
challenging
dark
funny
slow-paced
Description
A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonialist in French-speaking Africa.