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Johnny Mad Dog : A Novel by El M. Dongala, Emmanuel Dongala and Maria Louise Ascher (2005, Hardcover)

Emmanuel Dongala, Maria Louise Ascher | ISBN-10: 0374179956 | ISBN-13: 9780374179953
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Synopsis
Life During Wartime, As Seen Through the Eyes of Two Congolese Teenagers Set amid the chaos of West Africa's civil wars, Emmanuel Dongala's striking new novel tells the story of two teenagers growing up while rival ethnic groups fight for control of their country. At age sixteen, Johnny is a member of the Death Dealers, a rebel faction bent on seizing power. Even as he is drawn into the rebels' program of terror,Johnny Mad Dog, as he calls himself, retains his youthful exuberance-searching for girls, good times, and adventure. Sixteen-year-old Laokolé, for her part, dreams of finishing high school and becoming an engineer, but as rogue militias prepare to sack the city, she is forced to leave home with her mother and brother-and then finds herself alone and running from the likes of Johnny. Acclaimed in France,Johnny Mad Dogis a coming-of-age story like no other; Dongala's masterful use of dual narrators makes the novel an unusually vivid and affecting tale of the struggle to survive-and to retain one's humanity-in terrifying times.

Product Identifiers
ISBN-100374179956
ISBN-139780374179953

Key Details
AuthorEl M. Dongala, Emmanuel Dongala, Maria Louise Ascher
Number Of Pages256 pages
Publication Date2005-05-05
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

Additional Details
Copyright Date2005
Original LanguageFrench

Dimensions
Weight17.6 Oz
Height1.1 In.
Width6.1 In.
Length11.1 In.

Target Audience
GroupTrade

Classification Method
LCCN2004-062606
LC Classification NumberPQ3989.2.D6J6413
Dewey Decimal843/.914
Dewey Edition22

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Praise forLittle Boys Come from the Stars: "Little Boys Come from the Starsis two coming-of-age stories rolled into one: Matapari's and that of his country. [It] follows the tradition of postcolonial novels like Chinua Achebe'sThings Fall Apart-fiction meant to call attention to the ruinous effects of European imperialism." --Jonathan Mahler,The New York Times Book Review

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