| Little Boys Come from the Stars Contributor(s): Dongala, Emmanuel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385721226 ISBN-13: 9780385721226 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Sardonic, subtle, and sweetly scathing, Little Boys Come from the Stars is satire at its best. Set in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari ("trouble") because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious though confused Catholic, and his uncle a shameless opportunist determined to gain power in the shifting politics of their post-colonial nation, Matapari remains an unsullied child who wears Reeboks, drinks Coke, reads Japanese comics, and watches "Rambo. But when his family becomes the nucleus of the revolution for democracy, Matapari proves to be the ideal narrator for this story of violent upheaval and bloody corruption-a voice whose ironic innocence makes bearable and even humorous the awful realities of the world it describes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001053720 |
| Lexile Measure: 1200 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.23" W x 8.01" (0.43 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - African - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sardonic, subtle, and sweetly scathing, Little Boys Come from the Stars is satire at its best. Set in an unnamed country in equatorial Africa, it tells the story of Michel, a precocious teen dubbed Matapari ("trouble") because of his extraordinary birth. Though his father is a reclusive scholar, his mother a pious though confused Catholic, and his uncle a shameless opportunist determined to gain power in the shifting politics of their post-colonial nation, Matapari remains an unsullied child who wears Reeboks, drinks Coke, reads Japanese comics, and watches Rambo. But when his family becomes the nucleus of the revolution for democracy, Matapari proves to be the ideal narrator for this story of violent upheaval and bloody corruption-a voice whose ironic innocence makes bearable and even humorous the awful realities of the world it describes. |
