Waiting For The Wild Beasts To Vote

Author: Ahmadou Kourouma

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  • : $20.00 AUD
  • : 9780099283829
  • : Vintage
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  • : May 2004
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Barcode 9780099283829
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he author was born on the Ivory Coast, leaving to serve in the French colonial army in Indo China, and to study in France. He returned home, left, and finally returned for good in 1993.
The winner of many French fiction awards, this is one of his four novels.
"A witty and authentic chronicle of black African atrocity...Spellbinding" Spectator

Author description

Ahmadou Kourouma was born in the Ivory Coast in 1927. He fought in the French army in Indochina and studied in France. After independence, he spent many years in exile before returning to the Ivory Coast in 1993. He is regarded as one of the leading African writers in French.