BATOUALA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1922. Hardcover first edition - One of the greatest works to come out of colonial Africa, this is also one of the first novels to depict Africans as they really were, and to reveal the smoldering hatred of the African and the white colonialists for each other. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1922 (Maran was the first Black writer to win this award). Translated from the French by Adele Szold Seltzer. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-87953-006.
Condition: Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover (some rubbing to lettering on spine, bit of wear to spine ends, and small stamp on title page, but overall a tight and clean copy.) No dust jacket.
Book ID: 88161
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