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Prestige, classical in form, spare and contemporary.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Ousmane Sembène
- First published
- 1973
- Pages
- 114
- Publisher
- Lawrence Hill Books, Heinemann Educational, Heineman
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9781613746516
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First sentence
“The 'businessmen' had met to mark the day with a celebration worthy of the event.”
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