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In the Belly of the Congo

- A Novel
Af: Amy B. Reid, Blaise Ndala Engelsk Paperback

In the Belly of the Congo

- A Novel
Af: Amy B. Reid, Blaise Ndala Engelsk Paperback
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April 1958. When the Brussels World''s Fair opens, Robert Dumont, one of the people responsible for the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, ends up laying down his arms in the face of pressure from the royal palace: there will be a ''Congolese village'' in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven recruits mobilized at the foot of the Atomium to put on a show is the young Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. The journey of this princess is revealed to us, from her native Kasai to Brussels via Leopoldville, to her forced exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of it. Summer 2004. Freshly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his father. This is Francis Dumont, professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A succession of events ends up revealing to them the secret carried by the former deputy commissioner of Expo 58 to his tomb. From one century to the next, the novel embraces History with a capital ''H,'' to pose the central question of the colonial equation: can the past pass?
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April 1958. When the Brussels World''s Fair opens, Robert Dumont, one of the people responsible for the biggest international event since the end of the Second World War, ends up laying down his arms in the face of pressure from the royal palace: there will be a ''Congolese village'' in one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven recruits mobilized at the foot of the Atomium to put on a show is the young Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. The journey of this princess is revealed to us, from her native Kasai to Brussels via Leopoldville, to her forced exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of it. Summer 2004. Freshly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his father. This is Francis Dumont, professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A succession of events ends up revealing to them the secret carried by the former deputy commissioner of Expo 58 to his tomb. From one century to the next, the novel embraces History with a capital ''H,'' to pose the central question of the colonial equation: can the past pass?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9781635422580
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1635422582
Kategori: Historiske romaner
Udg. Dato: 7 feb 2023
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 133mm
Højde: 201mm
Forlag: Other Press LLC
Oplagsdato: 7 feb 2023
Forfatter(e): Amy B. Reid, Blaise Ndala
Forfatter(e) Amy B. Reid, Blaise Ndala

Kategori Historiske romaner

ISBN-13 9781635422580

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 432

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 133mm

Højde 201mm

Udg. Dato 7 feb 2023

Oplagsdato 7 feb 2023

Forlag Other Press LLC