Cruel city :: a novel /
Under the pseudonym Eza Boto, Mongo Beti wrote Ville cruelle (Cruel City) in 1954 before he came to the world's attention with the publication of Le pauvre Christ de Bomba (The Poor Christ of Bomba). Cruel City tells the story of a young man's attempt to cope with capitalism and the rapid...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Under the pseudonym Eza Boto, Mongo Beti wrote Ville cruelle (Cruel City) in 1954 before he came to the world's attention with the publication of Le pauvre Christ de Bomba (The Poor Christ of Bomba). Cruel City tells the story of a young man's attempt to cope with capitalism and the rapid urbanization of his country. Banda, the protagonist, sets off to sell the year's cocoa harvest to earn the bride price for the woman he has chosen to wed. Due to a series of misfortunes, Banda loses both his crop and his bride to be. Making his way to the city, Banda is witness to a changing Africa, and as. |
| Beschreibung: | Previous French edition: Nouvelle édition. Paris : "Présence africaine," 1971. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 167 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780253008305 0253008301 |
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| spelling | Mongo Beti, 1932-2001, author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJqvTYvHkD8Fv6Dt7FHgrq Ville cruelle. English Cruel city : a novel / Mongo Beti ; translated by Pim Higginson. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013. 1 online resource (xxiii, 167 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Global African voices Previous French edition: Nouvelle édition. Paris : "Présence africaine," 1971. COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ROMANCING AFRICA; CRUEL CITY; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELEVE; THIRTEEN; EPILOGUE. Under the pseudonym Eza Boto, Mongo Beti wrote Ville cruelle (Cruel City) in 1954 before he came to the world's attention with the publication of Le pauvre Christ de Bomba (The Poor Christ of Bomba). Cruel City tells the story of a young man's attempt to cope with capitalism and the rapid urbanization of his country. Banda, the protagonist, sets off to sell the year's cocoa harvest to earn the bride price for the woman he has chosen to wed. Due to a series of misfortunes, Banda loses both his crop and his bride to be. Making his way to the city, Banda is witness to a changing Africa, and as. English. Cities and towns Fiction. Cameroon Fiction. Villes Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION General. bisacsh Cities and towns fast Cameroon fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrrCCJKHyfBgbQyKWtR8C Fictional Work https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D022922 Fiction fast Fiction. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 Romans. rvmgf Higginson, Pim, Translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2011017089 has work: Cruel city (Work) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFVwRMTGfjR7qq3tjPqfFX https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Beti, Mongo, 1932-2001. Ville cruelle. English. Cruel city. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 (DLC) 2012038561 Global African voices. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010172341 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=530793 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Mongo Beti, 1932-2001 Cruel city : a novel / Global African voices. COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ROMANCING AFRICA; CRUEL CITY; ONE; TWO; THREE; FOUR; FIVE; SIX; SEVEN; EIGHT; NINE; TEN; ELEVEN; TWELEVE; THIRTEEN; EPILOGUE. Cities and towns Fiction. Villes Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION General. bisacsh Cities and towns fast |
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| title | Cruel city : a novel / |
| title_alt | Ville cruelle. |
| title_auth | Cruel city : a novel / |
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| title_full | Cruel city : a novel / Mongo Beti ; translated by Pim Higginson. |
| title_fullStr | Cruel city : a novel / Mongo Beti ; translated by Pim Higginson. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cruel city : a novel / Mongo Beti ; translated by Pim Higginson. |
| title_short | Cruel city : |
| title_sort | cruel city a novel |
| title_sub | a novel / |
| topic | Cities and towns Fiction. Villes Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION General. bisacsh Cities and towns fast |
| topic_facet | Cities and towns Fiction. Cameroon Fiction. Villes Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION General. Cities and towns Cameroon Fictional Work Fiction Fiction. Romans. |
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