by Ahmadou Kourouma · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782020416375
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«En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages» is the satirical novel by Ahmadou Kourouma, published by Editions du Seuil in paperback (380 pages, in French).
Over six ritual evenings, a griot narrates the life of General Koyaga, president of the Republic of the Gulf, and his praises conceal a fierce critique. The novel portrays an African dictator sustained by ancestral beliefs and violence, and contrasts technocratic discourse with Malinké traditions, in a political satire with humour and irony.
This edition belongs to the Points collection (P762); the work won the Prix du Livre Inter in 1999.
For readers of African literature and political satire, with an interest in oral tradition and the portrayal of power.
Ahmadou Kourouma was an Ivorian novelist.
