The most recent addition to the complete review is my review of Fiston Mwanza Mujila's Tram 83, yet another impressive addition to the Deep Vellum catalogue.
Tram 83 odds and ends:
Tram 83 odds and ends:
- Lubumbashi-born Mwanza Mujila was the 'Stadtschreiber' (city-writer) 2009-10 (and is currently pursuing his PhD) in my hometown of Graz, Austria.
- The Kirkus review offers the wonderful incongruous observation: "Mujila is not working in the George Eliot tradition of realistic fiction".
I mean it's true, sort of, technically -- but talk about out of left field .....
- Papa Wemba gets a shout-out in the novel ! Does no one listen to Papa Wemba any longer ? Maria Valencia has been echoing in my head all night .....