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クリス・アバニ アフリカの物語

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この個人的な話で、ナイジェリアの作家、クリス・アバニはこう言います。「私たちが、いかにして、自分というものを知り得るか」は物語から。 彼は詩や彼自身の話を含む物語りを通して、アフリカの心を探ります

Imprisoned three times by the Nigerian government, Chris Abani turned his experience into poems that Harold Pinter called "the most naked, harrowing expression of prison life and political torture imaginable." His novels include GraceLand (2004) and The Virgin of Flames (2007). Full bio »

Translated into Japanese by Kayo Mizutani
Reviewed by Masahiro Kyushima
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