Letters from Togo /:
Blake's adventurous essays--her Letters from Togo--are based on the letters she wrote to her friends from Lomé, the West African capital where she spent a Fulbright year teaching American literature from 1983 to 1984. As Blake begins the process of making sense out of a vibrant, seeming anarch...
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1991.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | Blake's adventurous essays--her Letters from Togo--are based on the letters she wrote to her friends from Lomé, the West African capital where she spent a Fulbright year teaching American literature from 1983 to 1984. As Blake begins the process of making sense out of a vibrant, seeming anarchy, we are pulled along with her into the heart of Togo--a tiny dry strip of a country no one can even find on a map. With her delightful prose and insight for detail Blake introduces us to Mahouna, her housekeeper, who runs a cold drink business from his refrigerator in a country where electricity is unre. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 179 pages :) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| ISBN: | 1587290189 9781587290183 |
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| contents | 1983 -- Thursday, September 1: Arrival -- Friday, September 2: Clear Light of Day -- Friday, September 9: Buying a Car -- Monday, September 12: Tam-tam Funeral -- Friday, September 16: Martin/Mahouna -- Sunday, September 18: Expats -- Tuesday, September 20: Home Improvement -- Friday, September 23: Chez Mahouna -- Sunday, September 25: Village Visit -- Monday, September 26: Bypass Plumbing -- Friday, September 30: Labor History Seminar -- Friday, September 30: On the Town -- Sunday, October 2: The Plateau -- Friday, October 14: Ecole des Lettres -- Sunday, October 16: Family Friend -- Friday, October 21: First Week of School -- Sunday, October 23: Housewarming -- Sunday, October 30: Second Week of School -- Tuesday, November 8: Junior Year Abroad -- Tuesday, November 15: Literature without Books -- Sunday, November 20: Coffee-Cocoa Triangle -- Wednesday, November 23: Neighbors -- Saturday, November 26: "Avoir le Temps" -- Thursday, December 1: Birthday -- Sunday, December 4: New Clothes -- Thursday, December 8: Information -- Tuesday, December 13: Integrated Development -- Sunday, December 18: 1984 -- Friday, December 23: Roommates -- Monday, December 26: Christmas -- 1984 -- Sunday, January 1: Tourists in Benin -- Sunday, January 8: "A & P" -- Saturday, January 14: Le Treize Janvier -- Saturday, January 28 Maitrise [Maîtrise] -- Sunday, February 12: The Doorbell -- Sunday, February 19: Ecole Normale -- Wednesday, February 22: Veronique [Véronique] -- Friday, February 24: Breakdowns -- Sunday, March 4: Economics -- Sunday, March 11: Hot Season -- Sunday, March 25: Culture Crossing -- Saturday, April 7: The Route d'Atakpame [d'Atakpamé] -- Monday, April 16: To the North -- Tuesday, May 15: The Color Purple -- Monday, June 11: Borders -- Saturday, June 16: The Airport -- Monday, June 18: A Day on the Ghana Border -- Monday, June 25: Accra and Home -- Postscript, 1991. |
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| spelling | Blake, Susan Louise, 1946- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjygMvm8qg88hWtJ47vM8C http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84052174 Letters from Togo / by Susan Blake ; foreword by Albert E. Stone. 1st ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991. 1 online resource (xxiii, 179 pages :) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Singular lives 1983 -- Thursday, September 1: Arrival -- Friday, September 2: Clear Light of Day -- Friday, September 9: Buying a Car -- Monday, September 12: Tam-tam Funeral -- Friday, September 16: Martin/Mahouna -- Sunday, September 18: Expats -- Tuesday, September 20: Home Improvement -- Friday, September 23: Chez Mahouna -- Sunday, September 25: Village Visit -- Monday, September 26: Bypass Plumbing -- Friday, September 30: Labor History Seminar -- Friday, September 30: On the Town -- Sunday, October 2: The Plateau -- Friday, October 14: Ecole des Lettres -- Sunday, October 16: Family Friend -- Friday, October 21: First Week of School -- Sunday, October 23: Housewarming -- Sunday, October 30: Second Week of School -- Tuesday, November 8: Junior Year Abroad -- Tuesday, November 15: Literature without Books -- Sunday, November 20: Coffee-Cocoa Triangle -- Wednesday, November 23: Neighbors -- Saturday, November 26: "Avoir le Temps" -- Thursday, December 1: Birthday -- Sunday, December 4: New Clothes -- Thursday, December 8: Information -- Tuesday, December 13: Integrated Development -- Sunday, December 18: 1984 -- Friday, December 23: Roommates -- Monday, December 26: Christmas -- 1984 -- Sunday, January 1: Tourists in Benin -- Sunday, January 8: "A & P" -- Saturday, January 14: Le Treize Janvier -- Saturday, January 28 Maitrise [Maîtrise] -- Sunday, February 12: The Doorbell -- Sunday, February 19: Ecole Normale -- Wednesday, February 22: Veronique [Véronique] -- Friday, February 24: Breakdowns -- Sunday, March 4: Economics -- Sunday, March 11: Hot Season -- Sunday, March 25: Culture Crossing -- Saturday, April 7: The Route d'Atakpame [d'Atakpamé] -- Monday, April 16: To the North -- Tuesday, May 15: The Color Purple -- Monday, June 11: Borders -- Saturday, June 16: The Airport -- Monday, June 18: A Day on the Ghana Border -- Monday, June 25: Accra and Home -- Postscript, 1991. Print version record. Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL star Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Blake's adventurous essays--her Letters from Togo--are based on the letters she wrote to her friends from Lomé, the West African capital where she spent a Fulbright year teaching American literature from 1983 to 1984. As Blake begins the process of making sense out of a vibrant, seeming anarchy, we are pulled along with her into the heart of Togo--a tiny dry strip of a country no one can even find on a map. With her delightful prose and insight for detail Blake introduces us to Mahouna, her housekeeper, who runs a cold drink business from his refrigerator in a country where electricity is unre. Blake, Susan Louise, 1946- Travel Togo Lomé Region. Université du Bénin. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82032002 Blake, Susan Louise, 1946- Correspondence. Blake, Susan Louise, 1946- fast Université du Bénin fast Lomé Region (Togo) Description and travel. Lomé Region (Togo) Social life and customs. Literature teachers Togo Lomé Region Correspondence. Literature teachers United States Correspondence. TRAVEL General. bisacsh Literature teachers fast Manners and customs fast Travel fast Togo Lomé Region fast United States fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq Personal correspondence fast has work: Letters from Togo (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCG46MYXQkQYcQyxwmqhQWP https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Blake, Susan Louise, 1946- Letters from Togo. 1st ed. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1991 087745339X (DLC) 91020943 (OCoLC)23901865 Singular lives. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86724949 |
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