Veronique Tadjo
Autor de In the Company of Men
Sobre El Autor
Veronique Tadjo is Head of French Studies in the School of Literature & Language Studies, University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
Obras de Veronique Tadjo
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Jungfrau and other short stories: The Caine Prize for African Writing 7th Annual Collection (2007) — Contribuidor — 19 copias
The obituary tango : a selection of works from the Caine prize for African writing 2006 (2006) — Contribuidor — 12 copias
Seventh Street Alchemy: A Selection of Writings from the Caine Prize for African Writing 2004 (2005) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Discovering Home: A Selection of Writings from the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing (2003) — Contribuidor — 7 copias
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1955-07-21
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Paris, France
- Lugares de residencia
- Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Johannesburg, South Africa
Washington, D.C., USA
Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire
Paris, France
Lagos, Nigeria (mostrar todos 9)
Nairobi, Kenya
Mexico City, Mexico
London, England, UK - Ocupaciones
- Writer
Academic
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 26
- También por
- 10
- Miembros
- 369
- Popularidad
- #65,264
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 16
- ISBNs
- 94
- Idiomas
- 12
The story begins with two young boys hunting in the forest who catch and eat a bat, and die shortly afterwards. Tadjo uses multiple perspectives to tell her story, that of a grave-digger, a dedicated nurse, an exhausted doctor, a grieving mother. She even uses the perspective of the majestic baobab tree, the voice of the virus itself and the bat its host. The tale is engrossing, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the hardships of isolation, the toll on families and the difficulties enforcing the behavioural shifts needed to beat the rampant spread of disease. There are also comments on foreign aid and systemic issues within the medical system. I found this a short but powerful read.… (más)