by Bruce Chatwin · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845913266
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«Il viceré di Ouidah» is the historical novel by Bruce Chatwin published by Adelphi in 1997 in paperback (149 pages, in Italian).
The novel follows Francisco Manoel de Silva, a Brazilian adventurer who travels to Dahomey (West Africa) to trade in slaves. His ambition makes him viceroy of Ouidah and master of the kingdom's slave trade, but the brutality of the business and the violence of the environment eventually undermine his fortune and his sanity.
Work originally published in English as «The Viceroy of Ouidah» in 1980. This Italian edition of 1997, translated by Marina Marchesi, belongs to the Gli Adelphi collection.
Suitable for readers of historical fiction and stories set in West Africa.
Charles Bruce Chatwin was an English travel writer, novelist and journalist. His first book, In Patagonia (1977), established Chatwin as a travel writer, although he considered himself instead a storyteller, interested in bringing to light unusual tales. He won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel On the Black Hill (1982), while his novel Utz (1988) was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2008 The Times ranked Chatwin as number 46 on their list of "50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945".
