The Fire of Origins by Emmanuel Dongala, Lillian Corti

The Fire of Origins

Emmanuel Dongala, Lillian Corti

256 pages first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
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The whole of African history unfolds in this brilliant novel from one of the continent’s major writers. The story is unified by the actions of one man, Mankunku, a “destroyer,” who is born in mysterious circumstances in a banana plantation and who...

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