MABANCKOU ALAIN

ΑΥΡΙΟ ΓΙΝΟΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΧΡΟΝΩΝ
-Μισέλ, ξέρεις ότι σ' αγαπώ; Δεν απάντησα ήταν η πρώτη φορά που άκουγα κάποιον να μου λέει "σ' αγαπώ". Επίσης, η φωνή της δεν ήταν η ίδια με πριν, και με κοιτούσε, περίμενε να πω κι εγώ κάτι εκείνη τη στιγμή. Μα τι να έλεγα; Έμενα σιωπηλός γιατί ένιωθα ανάλαφρος, λες και θα πετούσα στον ουρανό. Τα αυτιά μου έκαιγαν και η καρδιά μου χτυπούσε τόσο δυνατά που πίστευα ότι η Καρολίν την άκουγε. Πολύ απογοητευμένη, άφησε το χέρι μου: - Πραγματικά, τίποτα δεν καταλαβαίνεις εσύ! Όταν μια γυναίκα σου λέει "σ' αγαπώ", εσύ πρέπει ν' απαντήσεις "κι ...
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(P/B) AFRICAN PSYCHO
Gregoire Nakobomayo, a petty criminal, has decided to kill his girlfriend Germaine. He's planned the crime for some time, but still, the act of murder requires a bit of psychological and logistical preparation. Luckily, he has a mentor to call on, the far more accomplished serial killer Angoualima. The fact that Angoualima is dead doesn't prevent Gregoire from holding lengthy conversations with him. Little by little, Gregoire interweaves Angoualima's life and criminal exploits with his own. Continuing with the plan despite a string of botc...
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(P/B) THE LIGHTS OF POINTE-NOIRE
Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later. When at last he comes home to Pointe-Noire, a bustling port town on Congo's south-eastern coast, he finds a country that in some ways has changed beyond recognition: the cinema where, as a child, Mabanckou gorged on glamorous American culture has become a Pentecostal temple, and his secondary school has been re-named in honour of a previously despised colonial ruler. But many things remain unchanged, not least the swirling mythol...
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(P/B) BROKEN GLASS
The history of Credit Gone West, a squalid Congolese bar, is related by one of its most loyal customers, Broken Glass, who has been commissioned by its owner to set down an account of the characters who frequent it. Broken Glass himself is a disgraced alcoholic school teacher with a love of French language and literature which he has largely failed to communicate to his pupils but which he displays in the pages of his notebook. The notebook is also a farewell to the bar and to his fellow drinkers. After writing the final words, Broken Glas...
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