The Continent of Everything and Practically Nothing - Brossura

Tchak, Sami

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1803096322 ISBN 13: 9781803096322

Casa editrice: Seagull Books, 2026

Riassunto

A Togolese novel that delivers a rich, intimate portrait of a scholar whose life is inextricably bound to Africa.

For the French ethnologist Maurice Boyer, Africa isn't just a place; it’s a mirage, an enigma, a mirror reflecting his desires and doubts. The fieldwork he undertook in Tèdi, Togo, where he lived for years among the Tem people and tried to understand their customs and rituals, has left him with questions that have lingered: Who was a friend and who was a foe? Which stories were true and which were illusions? As decades pass and the roles of Aurélie, his wife, and Safi, his former student, begin to shift, Boyer finds himself wrestling not only with his own choices but with the legacy of knowledge itself.

Through the lens of this profound postcolonial quest, Sami Tchak explores Africa’s rich, complex reality through this intimate story of a scholar reconsidering his own understanding of culture, ethnology, and history. The Continent of Everything and Practically Nothing asks whether assembling more data can truly capture the complexity of a continent, and explores how academic ambition, history, and emotion shape how we understand the world, and how we live in it.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Seagull Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2026
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1803096322
• ISBN 13: 9781803096322
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 290
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile