Helen(Translator) Stevenson
1) Black Moses
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"A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the Man International Booker Prize. It's not easy being Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which means, "Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors." Most people just call him Moses. Then there's the orphanage where he lives, run by a malicious...
2) Jealousy
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When Catherine M. discovers a letter in their apartment that makes it clear Jacques is seriously involved with someone else, she must reconcile her need for freedom and sexual liberation with the very real heartache that his infidelity caused.