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God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane Sembène
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In 1947-8 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Sembène Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evinces all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in the history of West Africa.

'Ever since they left Thiès, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up, and new verses were born at the hazard of chance or inspiration, one word leading to another and each finding, in its turn, its rhythm and its place. No one was very sure any longer where the song began, or if it had an ending. It rolled out over its own length, like the movement of a serpent. It was as long as a life.'
Format:
Pages:
248 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Heinemann
Edition:
African Writers Series
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0435909592
ISBN13:
9780435909598
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God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane Sembène
3.98/5 (2605 ratings)
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In 1947-8 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Sembène Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evinces all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in the history of West Africa.

'Ever since they left Thiès, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up, and new verses were born at the hazard of chance or inspiration, one word leading to another and each finding, in its turn, its rhythm and its place. No one was very sure any longer where the song began, or if it had an ending. It rolled out over its own length, like the movement of a serpent. It was as long as a life.'
Format:
Pages:
248 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Heinemann
Edition:
African Writers Series
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0435909592
ISBN13:
9780435909598
kindle Asin:

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