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"Pointe-Noire, capitale ̌conomique du Congo, dans les anňes 1970. Le narrateur, Michel, est un gaṙon d'une dizaine d'anňes qui fait l'apprentissage de la vie, de l'amitǐ et de l'amour, tandis que le Congo vit sa premïre ďcennie d'inďpendance sous la houlette de " l'immortel Marien Ngouabi ", chef charismatique marxiste. Les ̌pisodes d'une chronique familiale truculente et joyeuse se succ̈dent, avec ses situations burlesques, ses personnages hauts en couleur : le p̈re adoptif de Michel, řceptionniste ̉l'h̥tel Victory Palace ; maman Pauline, qui a parfois du mal ̉ ̌duquer son turbulent fils unique ; l'oncle Reň, fort en gueule, riche et ňanmoins opportuňment communiste ; l'ami Loun̈s, dont la soeur Caroline provoque chez Michel un furieux remue-m̌nage d'hormones ; bien d'autres encore. Mais voil̉ que Michel est souṗonň, peut-̊tre ̉raison, de ďtenir certains sortil̈ges... Au fil d'un řcit enjoǔ, Alain Mabanckou nous offre une sorte de Vie devant soi ̉l'africaine. Les histoires d'amour y tiennent la plus grande place, avec des personnages attachants de jeunes filles et de femmes. La langue que Mabanckou pr̊te ̉son narrateur est řjouissante, pleine d'images cocasses, et sa fausse na̐veť fait merveille"--Page 4 of cover.

Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of Congo, in the 1970s. The narrator, Michel, is a boy of about ten years who learns about life, friendship and love while the Congo experienced its first decade of independence under the leadership of "the immortal Marien Ngouabi", the charismatic Marxist leader. The episodes of a truculent and joyful family chronicle succeed one another, with its burlesque situations, its colorful characters: Michel's adoptive father, receptionist at the Victory Palace Hotel; Mother Pauline, who sometimes has trouble educating her turbulent single son; Uncle Rene, strong in the mouth, rich and nevertheless opportunely communist; his friend, Lounes, whose sister Caroline provoked in Michel a furious stirring of hormones; and many others as well. But Michel is suspected, perhaps rightly, of holding certain spells ... Alain Mabanckou provides us with a kind of African life before oneself. Love stories hold the place of primacy, with endearing characters of girls and women. The language which Mabanckou lends to his narrator is rejoicing, full of comical images, and his false naivety is marvelous.

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Gallimard
Language
French
Pages
400

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Demain j'aurai vingt ans
2012, Gallimard
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Published in
[Paris]
Series
Folio -- 5378, Collection Folio -- 5378.

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Dewey Decimal Class
843
Library of Congress
PQ3989.2.M217 D46 2012

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Pagination
400 pages
Number of pages
400

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Open Library
OL42864695M
Internet Archive
demainjauraiving0000maba_q1q8
ISBN 10
2070446239
ISBN 13
9782070446230
OCLC/WorldCat
779875326

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