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Le sette solitudini di Lorsa Lopez

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Siamo a Valancia, ex capitale di un improbabile stato meticcio, vecchio tuttavia di venti secoli: una città ormai priva di monumenti, di ponti, di laghi e colline, i cui abitanti sprofondano nell'apatia e nell'insensibilità. Nessuno di loro fa qualcosa per impedire a Lorsa Lopez di uccidere selvaggiamente la propria moglie, che pure grida al soccorso di fronte all'umanità intera. A delitto consumato, solo Estina Bronzario avrà il coraggio di affrontare direttamente la situazione, senza attendere l'arrivo di un'imprevedibile polizia, e di organizzare le donne guidandole alla rivolta, al rifiuto del sesso, allo scontro. Ma tutto il libro è costruito su una serie di interrogazioni che attendono una risposta.

169 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

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Sony Labou Tansi

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Sony Lab'ou Tansi (5 July 1947 - 14 June 1995), born Marcel Ntsoni, was a Congolese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet. Though he was only 47 when he died, Tansi remains one of the most prolific African writers and the most internationally renowned practitioner of the "New African Writing." His novel The Antipeople won the Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire. In his later years, he ran a theatrical company in Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo.

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January 26, 2026
An anarchic Rabelaisian satire of modern Zaire. Magnificent. The writing is brilliant, funny and strange and powerful. The winding story of a forgotten people seeking justice in an uncaring world achieves a universal profundity far beyond political parity, speaking to the highest concerns of the human being. Really enjoyed it.
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September 21, 2018
Permet une réflexion sur le.olan politique mais aussi du statut de la femme
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February 27, 2020
the narrative style is not for me i guess
i feel like you must have background knowledge on Congo to truly get all the metaphors and then i’d imagine it’d be a pleasant read
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June 13, 2007
This book is super bizarre ... dark and humorous in twisted and tribal/magical realist ways
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