{"product_id":"a-trail-of-crab-tracks-paperback","title":"A Trail of Crab Tracks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrice Nganang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAmy B. Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Trail of Crab Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e, the award-winning author Patrice Nganang chronicles the fight for Cameroonian independence through the story of a father's love for his family and his land and of the long-silenced secrets of his former life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time, Nithap flies across the world to visit his son, Tanou, in the United States. After countless staticky phone calls and transatlantic silences, he has agreed to leave Bangwa: the city in western Cameroon where he has always lived, where he became a doctor and, despite himself, a rebel, where he fell in love, and where his children were born. When illness extends his stay, his son finds an opportunity to unravel the history of the mysterious man who raised him, following the trail of crab tracks to discover the truth of his father and his country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt last, Nithap's throat clears and his voice rises, and he drifts back in time to tell his son the story that is burned into his memory and into the land he left behind. He speaks about the civil war that tore Cameroon apart, about the great men who lived and died, about his soldiers, his martyrs, and his great loves. As the tale unfolds, Tanou listens to his father tell the history of his family and the prayer of the blood-soaked land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom New Jersey to Bamileke country, voices mingle, the borders of time dissolve, and generations merge. In \u003ci\u003eA Trail of Crab Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e, the third part of a magisterial trilogy by Patrice Nganang, the award-winning author creates an epic of war, inheritance, and desire, and of the relentless, essential struggle for freedom.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrice Nganang\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cameroon and is a novelist, a poet, and an essayist. His novel \u003ci\u003eDog Days\u003c\/i\u003e received the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar and the Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe \u003c\/i\u003e(FSG, 2019). He teaches comparative literature at Stony Brook University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy B. Reid\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning translator who has worked with Patrice Nganang on multiple projects. In addition to \u003ci\u003eA Trail of Crab Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e, she translated Nganang's novels \u003ci\u003eDog Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mount Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Plums Are Ripe\u003c\/i\u003e. Her other translations include \u003ci\u003eQueen Pokou\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFar from My Father\u003c\/i\u003e, both by Véronique Tadjo, and \u003ci\u003eThe Blunder \u003c\/i\u003eby Mutt-Lon. She is a professor of French and Gender Studies at New College of Florida.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.25 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52531092816179,"sku":"9781250872784","price":28.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MmMzUGU1VWtyd3M3MS9EdzdLUVVRZz09.webp?v=1760698638","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-trail-of-crab-tracks-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}