It is 1947 and the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway have come out on strike. Semb???ne Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evokes all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in history. 'Ever since they left Thi???s, 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 ...
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It is 1947 and the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway have come out on strike. Semb???ne Ousmane, in this vivid and moving novel, evokes all of the colour, passion and tragedy of those decisive years in history. 'Ever since they left Thi???s, 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.' God's Bits of Wood is Semb???ne Ousmane's internationally renowned novel, based on his own experiences of the landmark 1947 railroad strike that spread across French West Africa. 'A classic.' Guardian 'Ousmane Semb???ne [was] a crucial figure in Africa's postcolonial cultural awakening.' New York Times 'A powerful story.' Kirkus Translated from the French by Francis Price.
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New. 2008. Paperback. In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker". Translator(s): Price, Francis. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: Heinemann African Writers Series. 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 15. Weight: 212. Translator(s): Price, Francis......We ship daily from our Bookshop.