還魂者

by Aminata Sow Fall, 阿密娜達．索．法勒, 邱大環 (Translator)

為往生者安排喪禮，在社會中原本是一個非常嚴肅的宗教行為，但喪禮本身的意義卻被用以斂財和個人的金錢私慾所取代，眼見一個悲傷、哀淒的儀式，卻變成褻瀆的熱鬧慶典。

書中主人翁巴卡（Bakar）原來是個守本分的郵局職員，因為要滿足身邊那些需求無度的人，以致於入不敷出，侵占了郵局的公款，結果到監獄坐了一段時間的牢，也因此被他的家人所鄙視。這種孤立使得巴卡無論在道德上或心理上都像活在另一種監獄裡，整個社會似乎都跟他格格不入。他在各種場合都受盡污辱，為了向這個社會和他的家人報復，他便設計了一場出人意料的鬧劇……。

Genres: Africa, Senegal, African Literature

200 pages, Paperback

Published January 20, 2011

About the author

Aminata Sow Fall (born 1941) is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French.

She was born 1941 in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where she grew up before moving to Dakar to finish her secondary schooling. After this, she did a degree in Modern Languages in France and became a teacher upon returning to Senegal. She was a member of the Commission for Educational Reform responsible for the introduction of African literature into the French syllabus in Senegal, before becoming director of La Propriété littéraire (The Literary Property) in Dakar (1979-88). She was appointed the first woman president of Senegal's Writer's Association in 1985. In 1990 she founded the publishing house Éditions Khoudia.

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Reviews

[Wim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roman remarquable sur la pression sociale, l'hypocrisie et la corruption, mais aussi sur l'amitié et l'amour.