{"product_id":"when-the-plums-are-ripe-paperback","title":"When the Plums Are Ripe - 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\u003ePatrice Nganang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy B. Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second volume in a magisterial trilogy, the story of Cameroon caught between empires during World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Cameroon, plum season is a highly anticipated time of year. But for the narrator of \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 infantrymen into the desert, just as in the evenings the sellers throw all their still-unsold plums into the embers.\" In this novel of radiant lyricism, Patrice Nganang recounts the story of Cameroon's forced entry into World War II, and in the process complicates our own understanding of that globe-spanning conflict. After the fall of France in 1940, Cameroon found itself caught between Vichy and the Free French at a time when growing nationalism advised allegiance to neither regime, and was ultimately dragged into fighting throughout North Africa on behalf of the Allies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from Pouka's story to the campaigns of the French general Leclerc and the battles of Kufra and Murzuk, Nganang questions the colonial record and recenters African perspectives at the heart of Cameroon's national history, all the while writing with wit and panache. \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly crafted, politically charged epic that challenges not only the legacies of colonialism but the intersections of language, authority, and history itself.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrice Nganang\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cameroon and is a novelist, poet, and essayist. His novel \u003ci\u003eTemps de chien \u003c\/i\u003ereceived the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar and the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLa Joie de vivre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eL'Invention d'un beau regard\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches comparative literature at Stony Brook University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Baram Reid \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of French language and literature at New College of Florida. In 2016, she received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship for \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249600053497,"sku":"9781250619617","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Y3ZGcGxVNGdlMFJaNXh4R0k2QTJQUT09.webp?v=1768648554","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/when-the-plums-are-ripe-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}