Although the title suggests a memoir of time spent in Africa, Impressions of Africa is nothing of the kind. It has nothing to do with any real place called "Africa." Instead, it is a fantasy novel, full of fantastic anecdotes, bizzarre events, and improbable coincidences piled one on another to the point of tedium. It begins with a strange pageant ( Read more... )

This French novel is the difficult but imaginative grandfather of modern surrealist fantasy.


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