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- An extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa--complex, contradictory, and full of conflict, tragedy, and joy.
- About the Author: Patrice Nganang was born in Cameroon and is a novelist, poet, and essayist.
- 464 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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Book Synopsis
An extraordinary chronicle of youth that evokes the paradoxes of modern Africa--complex, contradictory, and full of conflict, tragedy, and joy.
Patrice Nganang, the acclaimed author of Dog Days, Mount Pleasant, and, most recently, A Trail of Crab Tracks, which was a 2022 New Yorker Book of the Year, writes about his vibrant, animated youth in Cameroon, a period of upheaval and change in the country's history and in his life.
About the Author
Patrice Nganang was born in Cameroon and is a novelist, poet, and essayist. His novel Dog Days received the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar and the Grand Prix littéraire de Afrique noire. He is also the author of Mount Pleasant (FSG, 2016), When the Plums Are Ripe (FSG, 2019), and A Trail of Crab Tracks (FSG, 2022). He teaches comparative literature at Stony Brook University.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 464
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Theme: African American & Black
Format: Hardcover
Author: Patrice Nganang
Language: English
Street Date: January 20, 2026
TCIN: 93213143
UPC: 9780374614515
Item Number (DPCI): 247-47-2217
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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