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Allah is not obliged

Kourouma, Ahmadou2007
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When Birahima's mother dies, he leaves his native village to search for his aunt Mahan. Crossing the border into Liberia, he is seized by a rebel force and press-ganged into military service. Fighting in a chaotic civil war, he sees death, torture, amputation and madness, but somehow manages to retain his own sanity.
Main title:
Allah is not obliged / Ahmadou Kourouma ; translated by Frank Wynne.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2007.
Collation:
215 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: William Heinemann, 2006.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9780099433927 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.914
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
296176
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