{"product_id":"the-river-in-the-belly-paperback","title":"The River in the Belly - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFiston Mwanza Mujila\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJ. Bret Maney\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA moving lyric meditation on the Congo River that explores the identity, chaos, and wonder of the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as race and the detritus of colonialism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe River in the Belly\u003c\/em\u003e, award-winning Congolese author Fiston Mwanza Mujila seeks no less than to reinitiate the Congo River in the imaginary of European languages. Through his invention of the \"solitude\"--a short poetic form lending itself to searing observation and troubled humor, prone to unexpected tonal shifts and lyrical u-turns--the collection celebrates, caresses, and chastises Central Africa's great river, the world's second largest by discharge volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from sources as diverse as Soviet history, Congolese popular music, international jazz, and everyday life in European exile, Mwanza Mujila has fashioned a work that can speak to the extraordinary hopes and tragedies of post-independence Democratic Republic of the Congo while also mining the generative yet embattled subject position of the African diasporic writer in Europe longing for home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of \u003cem\u003eTram 83\u003c\/em\u003e will discover in \u003ci\u003eRiver\u003c\/i\u003e the same incandescent, improvisatory verbal energy that so dazzled them in Mwanza Mujila's English-language debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFiston Mwanza Mujila\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1981 and lives today in Austria. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eTram 83\u003c\/em\u003e, published in English in 2015 by Deep Vellum, won the German International Literature Award and was longlisted for the International Man Booker and the Prix du Monde. In addition to \u003cem\u003eThe River in the Belly\u003c\/em\u003e, he is the author of the poetry collections \u003cem\u003eCraquelures\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and \u003cem\u003eSoleil privé de mazout\u003c\/em\u003e (2016), and three plays, \u003cem\u003eEt les moustiques sont des fruits à pépins, Te voir dressé sur tes deux pattes ne fait que mettre de l'huile sur le feu\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eZu der Zeit der Königinmutter\u003c\/em\u003e (2018). His writing responds to political turbulence in his native country and frequently foregrounds its debt to jazz. His second novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Villain's Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in France in 2020 and is forthcoming in English translation from Deep Vellum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. Bret Maney\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary critic and translator from the French and Spanish. He is a recipient of several awards, including the 2020 Gulf Coast Translation Prize for his translations of Fiston Mwanza Mujila's poetry and an International Latino Book Award and PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grant for his translation of Guillermo Cotto-Thorner's novel, \u003cem\u003eManhattan Tropics\u003c\/em\u003e (Arte Público, 2019), which he also co-edited. He is Assistant Professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351566172409,"sku":"9781646050673","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/YnBPMGxicVlDTWVRekhLcUlrVkdSdz09.webp?v=1769800546","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-river-in-the-belly-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}