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OverviewTHE AFRICAN QUATUOR OF ALBERT RUSSO includes the author's award-winning novels set in the former Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi, with historical facts which will surprise the English-speaking readers who are only aware of the often distorted reports they gather in today's media, that do not di erentiate between the cruel era of King Léopold II and the Belgian Congo, created in 1908, after the international scandal. Albert Russo's work has been praised by James Baldwin, Pierre Emmanuel (French poet - Académie Française), Douglas Parmée (world-renowned translator - Cambridge University), Paul Willems (poet, playwright - Académie Royale de Belgique - and former curator of the Brussels Royal Museum of Art), Edmund White (writer and gay activist), and others. His work has been translated in a dozen languages. His award-winning African novels and his hilarious Zapinette series have appeared on both sides of the Atlantic, In India and in South Africa. He sat on the panel of the prestigious Neustadt Prize for Literature, which often leads to the Nobel Prize. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Albert RussoPublisher: L'Aleph Imprint: L'Aleph Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 1.143kg ISBN: 9789180305648ISBN 10: 9180305644 Pages: 678 Publication Date: 06 December 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |