Set in a fictitious African nation, this novel by the distinguished
writer Sony Labou Tansi takes aim at the corruption, degeneracy,
violence, and repression of political life in Africa. At the heart
of The Shameful State is the story of Colonel Martillimi Lopez, the
nation's president, whose eccentricity and whims epitomize the
"shameful situation in which humanity has elected to live." Lopez
stages a series of grotesque and barbaric events while his nation
falls apart. Unable to resist the dictator's will, his desperate
citizens are left with nothing but humiliation. The evocation of
this deranged world is a showcase for the linguistic and stylistic
inventiveness that are the hallmark of Sony Labou Tansi's work.
This first English translation by Dominic Thomas includes a
foreword by Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou that contextualizes
the novel's importance in literary history and the significance of
Sony Labou Tansi for future generations of writers.
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