{"product_id":"kaveena-9780253020482","title":"Kaveena","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis dark and suspenseful novel tells the story of a fictitious West African country caught in the grip of civil war. The dispassionate and deadpan narrator, Asante Kroma, is a former head of Secret Services and finds himself living with the corpse of the dictator, a man who once ruled his nation with an iron fist. Through a series of flashbacks and letters penned by the dictator, N'Zo Nikiema, readers discover the role of the French shadow leader, Pierre Castaneda, whose ongoing ambition to exploit the natural resources of the country knows no limits. As these powerful men use others as pawns in a violent real-life chess match, it is the murder of six-year-old Kaveena and her mother's quest for vengeance that brings about a surprise reckoning.\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-13045490\"\u003eBoubacar Boris Diop\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253020482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253020484\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-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoubacar Boris Diop, one of Africa's most original and important authors, has written six novels including \u003ci\u003eMurambi, The Book of Bones \u003c\/i\u003e(IUP). He currently writes and teaches in Senegal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara C. Hanaburgh is an independent scholar of African literature and cinema and translator of Angèle Rawiri's \u003ci\u003eFureurs et cris de femmes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBhakti Shringarpure is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut (Storrs). She is cofounder and editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eWarscapes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, which publishes art and literature about contemporary conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAyo A. Coly is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and African Studies at Dartmouth College and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Pull of Postcolonial Nationhood: Gender and Migration in Francophone African Literatures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42646686925037,"sku":"9780253020482","price":31.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1c24a94b-5c42-43e3-8e07-fbc2f4d25460.jpg?v=1649169936","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/kaveena-9780253020482","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}