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Ousmane, Sembene
by Xala
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0882080679
- ISBN 13
- 9780882080673
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About This Item
New York. 1976. Lawrence Hill & Company. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket. 0882080679. Translated from the French by Clive Wake. 114 pages. hardcover. . keywords: Literature Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonializer in French-speaking Africa. XALA is the story of a El Hadji Abdou Kader Beye, a rich businessman struck by what he believes to be a curse of impotence (xala' in Wolof) on the night of his wedding to his beautiful, young third wife. El Hadji grows obsessed with removing the curse through visits to marabouts, but only after losing most of his money and reputation does he discover the source to be the beggar who lives outside his offices, whom he wronged in acquiring his fortune. inventory #28281 ISBN: 0882080679.
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- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28281
- Title
- Ousmane, Sembene
- Author
- Xala
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0882080679
- ISBN 13
- 9780882080673
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill
- Place of Publication
- Westport, Ct
- This edition first published
- 1976
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