Sony Labou Tansi

The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez

Fragmented narrative exploring isolation and existential crisis in Congo

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Sony Labou Tansi

Congolese playwright and novelist whose ferocious, wildly inventive fiction challenged African tyranny with exuberant linguistic violence. The Antipeople and Life and a Half brought him international recognition as a major African voice.

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