Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila
In a war-torn African city-state tourists of all languages and nationalities converge with students, ex-pats and locals. They have only one desire: to make a fortune by exploiting the wealth of the country, both mineral and human. As soon as night falls, they go out to get drunk, dance, eat and abandon themselves in Tram 83, the only night-club of the city, the den of all iniquities. Lucien, a professional writer, fleeing the exactions and the censorship, of the Back- Country, finds refuge in the city thanks to Requiem, a friend. Requiem lives mainly on theft and on swindle while Lucien only thinks of writing and living honestly. Around them gravitate gangsters and young girls, retired or runaway men, profit- seeking tourists and federal agents of a non-existent State. Tram 83 plunges the reader into the atmosphere of a gold rush as cynical as it is comic and colourfully exotic. It's an observation of human relationships in a world that has become a global village, an African-rhapsody novel hammered by rhythms of jazz.
"Blade Runner in Africa with a John Coltrane soundtrack" - Mark Haber, Brazos Bookstore (Houston, TX); "Stylistically quirky and unorthodox fiction from Africa...Tram 83 is the locus of those driven by ambition, desire, greed, or pleasure and in this underworld we meet quite a cast of characters." Kirkuk Reviews; "An exuberantly dark first novel ... Evoking everyone from Brueghel to Henry Miller to Celine, Fiston plunges us into a world so anarchic it would leave even Ted Cruz begging for more government... Rather than moralize, he transfigures harsh reality with a bounding, inventive, bebop-style prose, translated from the French with light-footed skill by Roland Glasser." John Powers, NPR's Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross
Fiston Mwanza Mujila was born in 1981 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo and now lives in Graz, Austria. His writing has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Gold Medal at the 6th Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut as well as the Best Text for Theater ("Preis fu¨r das beste Stu¨ck", State Theater, Mainz) in 2010.
His texts have been published in journals and anthologies across Europe, and he has been performing at readings and festivals since 2002.
Tram 83 is Fiston's first novel, originally published in French by E´ditions Me´tailie´. It has been shortlisted for and won numerous literary prizes, and has been translated into eight languages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909762220 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909762229 |
| Titel | Tram 83 |
| Autor | Fiston Mwanza Mujila |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2015-10-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 220 |
| Preise | Winner of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Fiction, Winner of the 2015 PEN Translates Award, Winner of the 2014 French Voices Award, Winner of the 2014 Grand Prix SGDL du Premier Roman, On LIRE's 2014 "Best French Debut Novel" Shortlist, On the 2014 Prix Wepler-Fondation La Poste Shortlist, Longlist, 2016 |
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