Broken Glass

✍ Scribed by Alain Mabanckou

• Publisher: Soft Skull Press; Counterpoint LLC
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 111 KB
• Edition: Soft Skull Press (2010)
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1593762739
• ASIN: B003XKN6FU

✦ Synopsis

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Paperback, 165 pages
Published: 2005
Edition: Soft Skull Press (2010)
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Translated by: Helen Stevenson
Alain Mabanckou’s riotous new novel centers on the patrons of a run-down bar in the Congo. In a country that appears to have forgotten the importance of remembering, a former schoolteacher and bar regular nicknamed Broken Glass has been elected to record their stories for posterity. But Broken Glass fails spectacularly at staying out of trouble as one denizen after another wants to rewrite history in an attempt at making sure his portrayal will properly reflect their exciting and dynamic lives. Despondent over this apparent triumph of self-delusion over self-awareness, Broken Glass drowns his sorrows in red wine and riffs on the great books of Africa and the West. Brimming with life, death, and literary allusions, "Broken Glass" is Mabanckou’s finest novel — a mocking satire of the dangers of artistic integrity.