Description
Set in a mythical African land, this genre-bending work follows a small group of shipwrecked, unusually gifted passengers as they improvise survival into spectacle—staging a grand gala to entertain their captor, the formidable chieftain. Blending elements of novel, poem, and travelogue, it unfolds with a deliberately unusual time sequence that keeps the experience fluid, dreamlike, and delightfully unpredictable. At its core, the book explores performance and imagination as forms of freedom, using surreal, often playful invention to probe power, captivity, and the stories people tell to remake their circumstances. With its unmistakable Rousselian flair for the strange and the artful, it offers easy, enjoyable reading while still rewarding readers who relish literary oddities and Surrealist sensibilities.
Available Editions
paperback
Princeton University Press
Published Oct 28, 2012
262 pages
ISBN: 9780691156033
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First Published
1967
Language
eng
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