{"product_id":"the-shameful-state-9780253019257","title":"The Shameful State","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in a fictitious African nation, this novel by the distinguished writer Sony Labou Tansi takes aim at the corruption, degeneracy, violence, and repression of political life in Africa. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Shameful State\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Colonel Martillimi Lopez, the nation's president, whose eccentricity and whims epitomize the shameful situation in which humanity has elected to live. Lopez stages a series of grotesque and barbaric events while his nation falls apart. Unable to resist the dictator's will, his desperate citizens are left with nothing but humiliation. The evocation of this deranged world is a showcase for the linguistic and stylistic inventiveness that are the hallmark of Sony Labou Tansi's work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first English translation by Dominic Thomas includes a foreword by Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou that contextualizes the novel's importance in literary history and the significance of Sony Labou Tansi for future generations of writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sony Labou Tansi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253019257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSony Labou Tansi (1947-1995) was a Congolese novelist, playwright, and poet whose groundbreaking work transformed postcolonial francophone African literature. He is author of \u003ci\u003eLife and a Half\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Chair in French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlain Mabanckou is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author of several prizewinning novels. He is author of \u003ci\u003eBlue White Red\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39943776501875,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_63927446-21e4-4698-b03d-144bee795c7b.jpg?v=1648215255","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-shameful-state-9780253019257","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}