Fools,
Thieves and other Dreamers
These
three short stories by Seydi Sow, Florent Couao-Zotti and Abdourahman
Ali Waberi provide us with an exciting taste of contemporary Francophone
African writing.
'From the Depths of a Well' is an ironic modern parable about the corruption of principle and the erosion of trust; 'Small Hells on Street Corners' reflects on the life of a street kid living from hand to mouth in a pitiless society; and 'The Fools' Gallery' describes the dream world into which people escape while life founders around them.
Sad or cynical as the stories may be, the authors provide us with a clarity of vision and engagement by confronting their realities with inescapable honesty and directness.
Translated by students and lecturers in the Dept of French, University of Zimbabwe.
2001:
206 x 145; 126pp
ISBN 0 7974 2306 0
Territory: World excluding France and Francophonie