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Adventures in Africa

Adventures in Africa( )
Author: Celati, Gianni
Translator: Bernardi, Adria
ISBN:978-0-226-09955-2
Publication Date:Nov 2000
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $33.00
Book Description:

"In the life of a tourist who travels a bit far, I think that at a certain point, a question necessarily arises: 'But what have I come here for?' A question that sets in motion a great cinema of justification to oneself, so that one doesn't have to seriously say to oneself: 'I'm here doing nothing.'" In 1997 the celebrated Italian novelist and essayist Gianni Celati accompanied his friend, filmmaker Jean Talon, on a journey to West Africa which took them from Mali to Senegal...
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Book Details
Pages:170
Detailed Subjects: History / Africa / West
Travel / Africa / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:0.942 Pounds
Author Biography
Celati, Gianni (Author)
Adria Bernardi is the author of a collection of short stories, "In the Gathering Woods", which was awarded the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, & "Houses with Names: The Italian Immigrants of Highwood, Illinois". She has also published translations of Italian poetry & non-fiction. She lives in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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