Description
In the bustling streets of Paris, a displaced Congolese dandy known as Buttologist navigates love, loss, and reinvention after his French girlfriend—of Congolese origin—walks away to start a new life. With wit and sharp observation, he turns heartbreak into a vivid, roaming portrait of the African diaspora, introducing a cast of characters whose dreams, frustrations, and humor reveal what it means to belong and to be seen. Blending satire with lyrical storytelling, the novel explores identity, migration, and the complicated performance of culture in a city that both welcomes and overlooks. Through Mabanckou’s distinctive, conversational style, Black Bazaar becomes a lively, intimate snapshot of exile’s everyday textures—where desire, dignity, and survival are always in motion.
Available Editions
paperback
TBS/GBS/Transworld
Published Jan 1, 2012
224 pages
ISBN: 9781847656575
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Black Bazaar by Alain Mabanckou.