- French fiction, Fiction, Fiction, general, Colonies
Onitsha tells the story of Fintan, a youth who travels to Africa in 1948 with his Italian mother to join the English father he has never met. Fintan is initially enchanted by the exotic world he discovers in Onitsha, a bustling city prominently situated on the eastern bank of the Niger River.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- J. M. G. Le Clézio, Alberto Conde
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Tusquets Editores S.A., Maxi-Tusquets, Tusquets
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9788483834398
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a French author, professor, and Nobel laureate. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel *Le Procès-Verbal*. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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