Solibo Magnificent
By: Patrick Chamoiseau ; translated from the French and Creole by Rose-Myriam Réjouis and Val Vinokurov; afterword by Rose-Myriam Réjouis.
Contributors: Réjouis, Rose-Myriam.; Vinokurov, Val.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Martinique -- Fiction
Description: 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: perfect for rich and boundless discourse, but not very helpful for unraveling a crime.