- National Book Award for Translated Literature 2024 · Finalist · for the translation by Roland Glasser
The Villain's Dance
La danse du vilain
Fiston Mwanza Mujila (born 1981)
Translated by Roland Glasser
English editions
In EnglishThe Villain's Dance
Deep Vellum · United States · 2024 · Paperback
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Sick of his family, Sanza moves in with the homeless kids who sleep outside the post office in Lubumbashi. Pickpocketing, films with a boy said to have magic powers and imaginary flights fill his days, until brawls and glue leave him with nothing and he falls into the hands of the shadowy Monsieur Guillaume and his informers. The city seethes with conspiracies, fortune-seekers cross into Angola at war to search for diamonds, and every night, whatever the chaos, they all end up dancing at the Mambo de la fête.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 263 pages in the original
- Set in
- Congo - Kinshasa, Angola
- First published
- 2020 by Métailié
- Author's age
- 39 when first published
- ISBN
9791022610612 (original)
9781646051274 (Deep Vellum, United States)
- More
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