Description:
1. This novel by Alain Mabanckou, set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, is satire about war in the Congo. Mabanckou is patently against the current civil war which has raged in the Congo for decades.
2. Mabanckou has won many awards for his writing, including most recently finalist for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize for Black Moses
3. This novel is a part of our Global African Voices series, and will find audiences in African studies, literature, and among readers of fiction more generally.
Review Quotes:
"Nearly twenty years removed from its French publication, Mabanckou's aptitude for characterization and his unflinching glimpse of plight echo within every movement of Vercingetorix. With The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix, Mabanckou stresses that even as violence is an accomplice to life, perseverance is synonymous."--World Literature Today