{"product_id":"cotton-blues-9781774151778","title":"Cotton Blues","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated from French by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn an African town somewhere between the Sahel and the Atlantic coast, cotton planter Toby Kunta takes a Berlin journalist hostage in a museum showroom. Kunta asks for monetary compensation for himself and a group of peasants ruined by the production of genetically modified cotton. As the tension rises inside the museum and a standoff begins with the chief of police, Kunta begins to burn the exhibited works one by one and threatens to do the same with his prisoner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this standoff behind closed doors, where words and gestures get exchanged with anger and hope, Edem Awumey takes us on a contemporary journey on the cotton road, from the African Savannah to the American South, from the luxurious salons of Berlin to the fields of Indian Rajasthan sprayed with glyphosate, from the valleys of Uzbekistan covered with white fibre to the spinning mills of Dhaka in Bangladesh. \u003ci\u003eCotton Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of the crossing of worlds in a struggle against the global domination of the multinationals. It is the great lamentation of the African people enslaved by the Western world's thirst for wealth. It is a cry for freedom too long held back that finally bursts out with thunderous violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16899803\"\u003eEdem Awumey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 5.67w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781774151778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1774151774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdem Awumey was born in Lomé, Togo. He is the author of five previous novels. \u003ci\u003eDescent into Night\u003c\/i\u003e, the English translation of \u003ci\u003eExplication de la nuit\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), won the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award for Translation in 2018. His other novels are \u003ci\u003ePort-Melo\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), which won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire; \u003ci\u003eLes pieds sales\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), which was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt in France; \u003ci\u003eRose déluge\u003c\/i\u003e (2011); and \u003ci\u003eMina parmi les ombres\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), which was translated into English as \u003ci\u003eMina Among the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). \u003ci\u003eDirty Feet\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), the English translation of \u003ci\u003eLes pieds sales\u003c\/i\u003e, was selected for the Dublin Impac Award. \u003ci\u003eDescent into Night\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMina Among the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e were translated by Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott. Edem Awumey lives in Gatineau, Quebec.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462812053741,"sku":"9781774151778","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_5543e035-e0c4-4dd2-ac57-00f5d9ee5db9.jpg?v=1753708812","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/cotton-blues-9781774151778","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}