Author: Patrick Chamoiseau. Translated from the French and Creaole by Rose-Myriam Regouis and Val Vinokurov. Published by Pantheon Books, NY, USA., 1980, 1st Ed., (This is the 1st American Printing, 1997). Printed in USA. Like New Condition HARDCOVER BOOK, with lovely deckle-edged paper. Excellent Condition Dust Jacket, and a clear mylar removable protector on cover. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.75 inch, 190 pages.ย ย
SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT, A Novel by Patrick Chamoiseau, is at turns a madcap murder mystery, a political satire, and a lament on the death of a treasured tradition...Solibo Magnificent is wildly imaginative and exuberantly lyrical!
In Fort-de-France, Martinique, a colorful group of musicians, street vendors, and hopeless disciples, including the author, gather under a tamarind tree to listen to legendary bard Solibo Magnificent spin tales. Suddenly, in the middle of a raucously entertaining story, Solibo drops dead. So entranced and drunken are his friends, they initially fail to realize that their hero has spoken his last word. One hysterical listener runs to find the doctor and inadvertently returns with the overly eager, sinister chief sergeant, who holds Solibo's friends under suspicion for murder.ย
"I love this book because it uses meta-fiction so naturally to bring the author into the narrative, and it has a very dry use of humor. I particularly love how the author uses great narratorial techniques to show how authorities automatically dismiss and denigrate the poor people they encounter and how the author gets wrapped up into the same shocking off-hand dismissal. It's brilliant." -Reviewed by Leeyanne Moore, Author
ISBN: 9780679432364 ย
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