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portada Onitsha
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2008
Language
Spanish
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
8483831449
ISBN13
9788483831441
Edition No.
2008

Onitsha

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (Author) · Tusquets · Paperback

Onitsha - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

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Synopsis "Onitsha"

En marzo de 1948, Fintan Allen, que apenas tiene doce anos, sube temeroso con su madre, la italiana Maou, a bordo de un viejo buque que zarpa del suroeste de Francia con destino a Onitsha, a orillas del rio Niger. Alli les espera el marido de Maou: Geoffroy Allen, un ingles que trabaja para la compania comercial United Africa y que partio a Onitsha movido por sus fantasiosos deseos de recorrer Egipto y Sudan para buscar las huellas de Meroe, el «ultimo reino del Nilo». Mientras Maou cree que el reencuentro con su marido sera el comienzo de una epoca feliz, Fintan desconfia de ese desconocido que es su padre y de lo que le aguarda en ese remoto continente. Lo cierto es que Africa ha abrasado a Geoffroy «como un secreto, como una fiebre», y que este ha quedado cautivado por las creencias y la historia de varios de sus antiquisimos pueblos. Y Maou y Fintan descubren, cada uno a su manera, un mundo nuevo, poblado por personajes singulares, como Okawho, Oya o Sabine Rodes. Ninguno de los tres, no obstante, se siente a gusto entre los blancos que componen la colonia, lo que les acarreara graves problemas. Veinte anos despues, Fintan, profesor en Bristol, comprendera que todo lo que vivio y vio en Africa lo marco para siempre. / Onitsha tells the story of Fintan, a youth who travels to Africa in 1948 with his Italian mother to join the English father he has never met. Fintan is initially enchanted by the exotic world he discovers in Onitsha, a bustling city prominently situated on the eastern bank of the Niger River. But gradually he comes to recognize the intolerance and brutality of the colonial system. His youthful point of view provides the novel with a notably direct, horrified perspective on racism and colonialism. In the words of translator Alison Anderson, Onitsha is remarkable for its almost mythological evocation of local history and beliefs. It is full of atmospheresights, sounds, smells and at times the authors sentences seem to flow with the dreamy languor of the river itself. But J. M. G. Le Clezio never lets us forget the harsh realities of life nor the subsequent tragedy of war. A startling accountand indictmentof colonialism, Onitsha is also a work of clear, forthright prose that ably portrays both colonial Nigeria and a young boys growing outrage.

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