I was an elephant salesman
adventures between Dakar, Paris, and Milan
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Author
Contributions
- Pivetta, Oreste, 1949- - Contributor
- Crockett-Hopkins, Rebecca. - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana
Language
English
Word Count
34,500 words, Guess
Page Count
138 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780253355225
- ISBN-139780253222329
- ISBN-100253355222
- ISBN-10025322232X
- Library of Congress Control Number2010008142
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number468981878
- Better World Books9780253355225
- Better World Books9780253222329
- Better World BooksP9-CFL-232
- Open LibraryOL24099155M
Classifications
- DDC853/.914
- LCCPQ4871.H68 I1913 2010
- LCCPQ4871.H68I1913 2010
Description
"Through the voice of a thinly veiled first-person narrator, Pap Khouma offers us a chilling, intimate, and often ironic glimpse into the life of an illegal immigrant. Khouma invents a life for himself as an itinerant trader of carved elephants, small ivories, and other "African" trinkets, struggling to maintain courage and dignity in the face of despair and humiliation. Constantly on the run from the authorities, he finds insight into the vicissitudes of law and politics, the constraints of citizenship, national borders, skin color, and the often paralyzing difficulties of obtaining basic human needs. His story reveals a contemporary Europe struggling to come to terms with its multiracial, multireligious, and multicultural identity"--Page 4 of cover
Subjects
Topics
Series Statement
- Global African voices
Other Editions
- I was an elephant salesman: adventures between Dakar, Paris, and Milan
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