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Cresciuto nel secolo delle esplorazioni geografiche e delle conquiste coloniali, il visconte Olivier de Sanderval sogna fin da bambino i profumi esotici di un'Africa ancora da scoprire. Così, a quarant'anni compiuti, s'imbarca verso Sud e, in aperto contrasto con la visione dei ministri francesi che immaginano le colonie "appena più complicate della Camargue, con delle scimmie al posto dei cavalli", intreccia stravaganti trattative diplomatiche con i sanguinari e volubili principi africani, inseguendo la chimera di un nuovo regno illuminato nel Fouta-Djalon, sull'altopiano di Kahel. Con una narrazione ricca e un immaginario che ricorda certe favolose scene del «Fitzcarraldo» di Herzog, questo romanzo vincitore del Premio Renaudot ricostruisce la vera storia del fondatore di Conakry, riscattandola dall'oblio.
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- Pagine: 352
- Data di uscita: 05-07-2018
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The King of Kahel is my book from Guinea for the Read The World challenge. It is the first book printed by AmazonCrossing, Amazon’s own publishing imprint specialising in translated literature. They say ‘AmazonCrossing uses customer feedback and other data from Amazon sites to identify exceptional w Leggi tutto
"إذا كان هناك دون كيخوته فإن اوليفيه دو ساندرفال مستكشف آتي بعد زمانه." -اوليفيه دو ساندرفال الفرنسي الذي كان يحلم بأن يعيد أمجاد المستكشفين الفرنسيين في أفريقيا السمراء. -عاش طفولته وشبابه يدرس أفريقيا ويضع خططه لتأسيس مملكة له في أفريقيا تكون رائدة للعلم وتقود أفريقيا للرقي والتحضر. -بعد تدقيق اختار Leggi tutto
الرواية عبارة عن عبث في الترجمة عبث في كل شيء !! ربما هي درس لى لحسن اختيار المترجم أولا قبل اختيار الرواية ,ومازلنا نتعلم . قراتها كاملتاً من اجل ما دفع فيها ليس الا كتمرين على القراءة ,او في محاولة لفهم شيء ! Leggi tutto
I received Le Mot Juste: A Dictionary of Classical and Foreign Words and Phrases for my tenth birthday, and though I am unable to locate it in the stacks at the moment, (though I suspect that it is somewhere in the second or third row of books on the shelf in the foyer) i distinctly remember an
The Devil and a Kingdom: Friendships of Oil and Water Four Princes, Three Armies, Two Plans, and One Lone Wolf… The King of Kahel is a complex piece of historical fiction that will transport you to the mysterious region of Fouta Djallon in the heart of West Africa, as it was before colonialization. Fo Leggi tutto
I'm always on the lookout for new fiction from Africa, so when I saw this translation of a Guinean book was available I snapped it up. Aside from my interest in world literature, my grandparents lived in Conakry from 1960-62, so the country holds a particular interest for me. The novel as a form doe Leggi tutto
Une biographie romancée d’un aventurier qui rêvait de se tailler un royaume en Afrique ! Il y a des qualités, surtout dans la description du peuple Peul, un peuple assez étrange ne rechignant pas à couper des têtes et en même temps amateur de paperasserie. Mais le gros problème est que la moitié des Leggi tutto
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