The Silence of the Spirits. Wilfried N'Sondé
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      THE SILENCE OF THE SPIRITS

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      THE SILENCE OF THE SPIRITS

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      WILFRIED N’SONDÉ

      Translated by KAREN LINDO

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      This book is a publication of

      Indiana University Press

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      Original publication in French as

       Le Silence des esprits

      © 2010 Actes Sud

      English translation © 2017 by Indiana University Press

      All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.

      The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: N’Sondé, Wilfried, author. | Lindo, Karen, translator.

      Title: The silence of the spirits / Wilfried N’Sondé ; translated by Karen Lindo.

      Other titles: Silence des esprits. English | Global African voices.

      Description: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2017. | Series: Global African voices | “Original publication in French as Le Silence des esprits (c) 2010 Actes Sud.” | Includes bibliographical references.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2017008799 (print) | LCCN 2017009714 (ebook) | ISBN 9780253028945 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253029072 (e-book)

      Subjects: LCSH: Africans—France—Fiction. | Illegal aliens—France—Fiction.

      Classification: LCC PQ 3989.3.N76 S5513 2017 (print) | LCC PQ 3989.3.N76 (ebook) | DDC 843.92—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017008799

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