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A very short novel full of quotidian detail, easy to visualize, perfectly engaging. Characters pull you in immediately. Humor/satire but not only. A grand ...
Xala: A Novel was written by the Senegalese writer and filmmaker Ousmane Sembène. The satirical work was originally published in France in 1974 and released ...
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A biting satire about the downfall of a businessman-polygamist who assumes the role of the colonialist in French-speaking Africa.
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Xala: A Novel. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Lawrence Hill Books, 1976. Soft cover. Good to Very Good Condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean.
Oct 4, 2023 · The story begins with a meeting of a group of Senegalese businessmen who celebrate their independence from the colonial powers.
Sembène Ousmane's Xala was written as a novel and made into a film in 1974. It is a biting attack upon the newly risen bourgeois class that has ascended to ...