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Stesin A. Afrikanskaja kniga
Stesin A. Afrikanskaja kniga
| Author | Stesin A. |
| Title | Afrikanskaja kniga |
| Description | For the Russian reader, Africa remains terra incognita. Its extraordinary geographical diversity is matched by an abundance of distinctive cultures, each entirely unlike the others. Alexander Stesin — writer, poet, and physician — has spent many years travelling across this still incompletely explored continent, immersing himself in its everyday life and history. He treats typhus in the desert and malaria in the jungle, studies Swahili and Twi, gathers slippery jack mushrooms in Madagascar, compares the cuisines of Senegal and Somalia, and translates both African classics and contemporary authors.
What emerges is a type of African writing new to Russian literature. A century after Nikolai Gumilev’s African journeys, Stesin becomes a mediator between cultures, dismantling long-established stereotypes about a continent that may yet play a defining role in shaping the future. |
| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | NLO |
| Pages | 736 |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 978-5-4448-1181-8 |
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166.00 kr.