When the Plums Are Ripe

by Patrice Nganang

Book Overview

The second volume in a magisterial trilogy, the story of Cameroon caught between empires during World War II In Cameroon, plum season is a highly anticipated time of year. But for the narrator of When the Plums Are Ripe , the poet Pouka, the season reminds him of the "time when our country had discovered the root not so much of its own violence as that of the world's own, and, in response, had thrown its sons who at that time were called Senegalese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250619610
• ISBN13: 9781250619617
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"