Search Results: God's Bits Of Wood by Sembene Ousmane

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Pearson, 1995-07-29. Revised. paperback. Used: Good.

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Heinemann, 1988. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University Press of Kansas. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Troy, Missouri, U.S.A.: Heinemann, 1996. Trade Paperback. Fair. (7th) Trade paperback, glossy and colorfully designed wrappers, with color-illustration of mother and child on front, white spine, small b/w photo of Senegalese author at top back, 248 pages. Ink underlining throughout. Very slight wear to most edges. Fair.

Pearson. Used - Very Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofi t job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.

Paperback. Very Good.

Oxford: Heinemann, 1995. Soft cover. NF. Light shelfwear.. 5x0x7. Novel. Translated by Francis Price. African Writers series.

Heinemann, 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780435909598

Heinemann, 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780435909598

Heinemann, 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780435909598

Heinemann, 1995. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:0435909592

Heinemann, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. A clean, tight and unmarked copy.Tells the dramatic story of the 1947-8 strike on the Dakar-Niger railway. By the author of "Black Docker". About the Author: Sembene Ousmane, film director and writer, was born in Senegal  and worked as a fisherman before attending  l'Ecole de Ceramique at Marsassoum. He then worked as a plumber, a bricklayer and an apprentice mechanic in Dakar.  After the war he became a docker and trade union leader in Marseilles, and out of this experience he wrote Le Docker Noir (1956). He had also published Oh Pays, mon Beau Peuple (1957), L'Harmattan (1964) and the collection of stories, Voltaique (1962), which was translated as God's Bits of Wood and appears in the African Writers Series (AWS). He has made several films including one of Le Mandat (translated as The Money Order with White Genesis AWS). His film of Xala met with a great success in the New York film festival.

Paperback / softback. New. In 1947 the workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway came out on strike. Throughout this novel, written from the workers' perspective, the community social tensions emerge, and increase as the strike lengthens. The author's other novels include "Xala" and "Black Docker".

Doubleday Publishing -, 1970. Gd. condition - French Africa colonialism in literature .. (AR97304z). Soft Cover. Good.

Pearson, 1995-07-29. Revised. paperback. Used:Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.