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2011 Longlist

Broken Glass

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

So begins Alain Mabanckou’s riotous novel set in a dilapidated bar in the Congo. Disgraced school-teacher turned public writer, Broken Glass fails abysmally to stay out of trouble, as one drinker after another wants to make sure that their portrayal in the notebooks, (not so golden this one), will reflect their dynamic, ebullient personality. Broken Glass, Mabanckou’s finest novel, published in English for the first time, is a mocking satire on the dangers of artistic integrity.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Alain
Mabanckou

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Helen
Stevenson

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Congo
Original Language
French
Publisher
Serpents Tail Ltd.
Translator
Helen Stevenson

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