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Seven Houses in France: a Novel
Bernardo Atxaga
Seven Houses in France: a Novel
Bernardo Atxaga
A brooding novel of colonial intrigue in the Congo, from the author of The Accordionist?s Son and Obabakoak
The year is 1903, and the garrison of Yangambi on the banks of the Congo is under the command of Captain Lalande Biran. The captain is also a poet whose ambition is to amass a fortune and return to the literary cafés of Paris. His glamorous wife, Christine, has a further ambition: to own seven houses in France, a house for every year he has been abroad. At Lalande Biran?s side are the ex-legionnaire van Thiegel, a brutal womanizer, and the servile, treacherous Donatien, who dreams of running a brothel. The officers spend their days guarding enslaved rubber-tappers and kidnapping young girls, and at their hands the jungle is transformed into a wild circus of human ambition and absurdity. But everything changes with the arrival of a new officer and brilliant marksman: the enigmatic Chrysostome Liege. An outstanding new novel from the critically acclaimed and prizewinning author Bernardo Atxaga, Seven Houses in France is a blackly comic tale which reveals the darkest sides of human desire.
Media | Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg) |
Utgitt | 4. september 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9781555976231 |
Utgivere | Graywolf Press |
Antall sider | 256 |
Mål | 141 × 209 × 19 mm · 326 g |
Språk | Engelsk |
Medvirkende | Margaret Jull Costa |
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