The Beggars' Strike, or, The Dregs of Society 在线电子书 图书标签: 非洲文学 非洲 小说
发表于2024-12-22
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The beggars are becoming a problem in The Capital; their physical deformities and constant presence are scaring away the tourists. It is up to Mour Diyae, Director of Public Health and Hygiene, to clear the streets, a job he quickly passes on to his competent assistant Keba Dabo. While Mour sees the problem as a way to self-promotion, Keba approaches the task with a zeal born out of his own childhood of poverty and pride. Soon, after beatings and repeated imprisonment, the beggars leave the streets, but a new problem arises. People must give alms to the poor to insure spiritual favor and earthly rewards. A marabout, or holy man, tells Mour Diyae that he will become Vice-President if he gives certain gifts to real beggars on the streets. But the beggars now congregate and receive alms at a house far out of town and they see no need to return to the streets to help the man that persecuted them. Mour Diyae is in a dilemma, made all the worse by the frustrations of his young, new, second wife. Quick and sharp, Aminata Sow Fall moves like a bantam-weight fighter through this fast-paced, satirical novel, jabbing deftly at her targets of patriarchy, polygamy, privilege, and hypocrisy.
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The Beggars' Strike, or, The Dregs of Society 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024