Afterthoughts: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou

It’s shocking, it’s fast and it’s oh so definitely rebellious. Find out exactly what I thought of Alain Mabanckou’s latest translated novel as I present my afterthoughts on it

Daily BookShot: Capital Rebel

Capital Rebel, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock.

In a recent interview Congolese author Alain Mabanckou explained that he ignored the rules of punctuation for his novel ‘Broken Glass’, because he wanted to be a rebel.

Forethoughts: Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou

In a trend that sees me reading mainly unknown (to me) translated works so far this year, I set off with the next title in my literary journey, Congolese Alain Mabanckou’s Broken Glass, from UK publisher Serpent’s Tail. Here’s my initial impressions!

Daily BookShot: Broken Glass

Alain Mabanckou’s Broken Glass, originally uploaded by Robert Burdock.

‘Book Bites’ for Friday 3rd April 2009

Guardian’s audio interview with Alain Mabanckou – I’ve already been evangalising the next novel in my reading pile – Broken Glass, for its glorious cover, and now thanks to The Guardian we can all sit back and enjoy an interview with its Congolese author, Alain Mabanckou. At just over 17 minutes long this interview with [...]

Cover Love: Two recent acquisitions that make me go mmm…

Time to share a bit of deserved ‘cover love’ for two books I’ve recently received for review – Emergency by Neil Strauss and Broken Glass by Alian Mabanckou