Outlandish, surreal and enjoyable, Mabanckou brings a new power to magic realism. All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. When Kibandi, a boy living in a Congolese village, reaches the age of 11, his father takes him out into the night, and forces him to drink a vile liquid from a jar which has been hidden for years in the earth. This is his initiation. From now on he, and his double, the porcupine, become accomplices in murder. They attack neighbours, fellow villagers, people who simply cross their path, for reasons so slight, it is virtually impossible to establish connection between the killings. Throughout his life Kibandi relies on his double to act out his grizzly compulsions, until one day even the porcupine baulks, and turns instead to literary confession.
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July 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Memoirs Of A Porcupine Author(s): Alain Mabanckou ISBN: 1-84668-768-3 / 9781846687686 (UK edition) Publisher: Serpent's Tail Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 2012 : Paperback
| Title: Memoirs of a Porcupine Author(s): Alain Mabanckou ISBN: 1-59376-436-7 / 9781593764364 (USA edition) Publisher: Soft Skull Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Memoirs Of A Porcupine Author(s): Alain Mabanckou ISBN: 1-84668-767-5 / 9781846687679 (UK edition) Publisher: Serpent's Tail Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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April 2012 : Kindle edition
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May 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: Memoirs Of A Porcupine Author(s): Helen Stevenson, Alain Mabanckou Publisher: Serpent's Tail Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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