Solibo Magnificent

Patrick Chamoiseau

Original title: Solibo Magnifique

first published 1988 Anchor Books, 1999 190 pages

Folio -- 2277

It's Carnival time in Fort-de-France, Martinique. Before an uninterrupted public, Solibo Magnificent, the great teller of tales, is felled, seemingly choked by his own words. Is it autostrangulation or murder? Two police officers lead the investigation, but what they discover is a transitory universe at the threshold of oblivion - the universe of the Masters of the Word who, like Solibo, possess the gift of language:...

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Solibo Magnificent edition · 2000 · Granta Books · 190 pages
Solibo Magnificent edition · 1999 · Anchor Books · 190 pages · 9780679751762
Solibo Magnificent edition · 1999 · Granta Books · 9781862070288
Solibo Magnificent hardcover · 1997 · Pantheon Books · 190 pages · 9780679432364
Solibo Magnificent paperback · 1991 · French & European Pubns · 243 pages · 9780785921660
Solibo Magnifique paperback · 1988 · Folio · 243 pages
Solibo Magnifique edition · 1988 · Gallimard · 226 pages

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