MY FIRST COUP D’ETAT: AND OTHER TRUE STORIES FROM THE LOST DECADES OF AFRICA

Book ID/图书代码： 04332812B51456

English Summary/英文概要： An important literary debut from the vice president of Ghana—a fablelike memoir that offers a shimmering microcosm of postcolonial Africa. My First Coup d’Etat chronicles the coming-of-age of John Dramani Mahama in Ghana during the dismal post-independence “lost decades” of Africa. He was seven years old when rumors of a coup reached his boarding school in Accra. His father, a minister of state, was suddenly missing, then imprisoned for more than a year.

My First Coup d’Etat offers a look at the country that has long been considered Africa’s success story. This is a one-of-a-kind book: Mahama’s is a rare literary voice from a political leader, and his personal stories work on many levels—as fables, as history, as cultural and political analyses, and, of course, as the memoir of a young man who, unbeknownst to him or anyone else, would grow up to be vice president of his nation. Though nonfiction, these are stories that rise above their specific settings and transport the reader—much like the fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer and Nadine Gordimer—into a world all their own, one which straddles a time lost and explores the universal human emotions of love, fear, faith, despair, loss, longing, and hope despite all else.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是加纳副总统的文学处女作—犹如寓言般的回忆录描绘了后殖民时期非洲的的清晰缩影。《我的第一次政变》沿着历史的足迹讲述了加纳人约翰•卓马尼•马哈马（John Dramani Mahama）在非洲独立后“失落的数十年”黑暗中的成长经历。当国家要发生政变的消息传到他在阿克拉的寄宿学校时，他才七岁。他的父亲，国家政务部长，突然消失了，之后被抓关了一年多。

《我的第一次政变》对这个长久被视作非洲成功案例的国家进行的一次审视。这是本独一无二的著作：马哈马以政界领导者的身份发表了文学著作，这是十分罕见的。他的个人故事以不同的形式展开—有寓言、有历史、有文化和政治分析，当然同样也有一个年轻人的回忆自述，里面有他不自知或鲜为人知的一面，这个年轻人将来成为了这个国家的副总统。虽然这是一本非小说的散文文学，但是有很多故事滋生于特殊的背景环境下并深深地感染了读者—这一点和艾萨克•巴基维斯•辛格（Isaac Bashevis Singer）和纳丁•戈迪默（Nadine Gordimer）的小说风格很像—这些故事将读者带入了自己的世界中，这是个跨越迷失探索全人类爱情、恐惧、信念、绝望、失败、期望和失望的时代。(兼职翻译-XSM)

Awards/获奖情况：“这是个精彩、温雅、有力的非洲声音，这样的声音美国已快要失去了。这些故事洋溢着人性的光辉”— 安德鲁•所罗门（Andrew Solomon），国家著作奖获得者，《正午的魔鬼》（’Noonday Demon’）的作者。

“马哈马的故事将读者引入到一个永生难忘的旅程，旅程中他与历史水乳交融。文中的角色和片段正是每天生活中的一部分，但是这个充满神奇和暗示力量的人超越了具体而显著的事实，用行动揭示了历史”—詹姆士•恩古吉（Ngugi wa Thiong’o），《孩子，不要哭泣》（’Weep Not, Child’）的作者。

“温馨，引人入胜。从微观的角度审视了错综复杂的世界”— 阿米娜塔•佛娜（Aminatta Forna）联邦奖获得者，《爱情回忆》（’Memory of Love’）的作者

"With crisp yet sweeping prose, John Mahama’s memoirs provide insights into Ghana’s, and by extension, Africa’s struggle to weather its historical burden and engage with a world much removed from her dilemma. Without sentimentality or condescension, he exposes home grown African pathologies and helps us understand several contradictions of our post-colonial condition. His is a much welcome work of immense relevance to African studies and deserves serious critical attention." -- Chinua Achebe, author of THINGS FALL APART

About the Author/作者介绍： 杰出的约翰•卓马尼•马哈马（John Dramani Mahama）是一位作家、历史学家、新闻工作者、前议会成员、国务大臣、同时也是加纳共和国在位副总统。他住在加纳的阿克拉市。

His Excellency John Dramani Mahama is a writer, historian, journalist, former member of Parliament and minister of state, and sitting vice president of the Republic of Ghana. He lives in Accra, Ghana.

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