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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Chinodya, Shimmer (1957-....)
Titre(s) : Chairman of fools [Texte imprimé] / Shimmer Chinodya
Publication : Harare : Weaver Press, 2005
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-182 p.) ; 21 cm
Note(s) : "Chairman of Fools examines the plight of a supposedly successful writer, and professor
of literature, Farai Chari, an ambitious artist whose self-confidence is under threat.
Increasingly paranoid, he feels the pull of tradition and culture and the hollowness
of middle-class aspirations in a cruel country." "He yearns for a world in which men
and women can freely associate with one another, students respect their teachers,
wives honour their husbands, and he can enjoy the freedom to gratify his passions
without chastisement. Whether examining the fears and prejudices associated with mental
breakdown, male chauvinism, righteousness, Shimmer Chinodya combines humour with pathos
and absurdity with seriousness. Is our hero an ingenuous, self-indulgent fool or a
brave, self-aware man with the strength to overcome his own weakness and prejudices?"--BOOK
JACKET
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 1779220413. - ISBN 9781779220417 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45104071t
Notice n° :
FRBNF45104071
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