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13 de jun. de 2001 · Evelyn Waugh's third novel, Black Mischief is a witty satirical novel set in the fictional empire of Azania. 'We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.'. When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and ...
Evelyn Waugh. Evelyn Waugh was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, Decline and Fall, which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930), Black Mischief (1932), A Handful of Dust (1934) and Scoop (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism.
The real heir to the throne was hidden in the mountains, fettered with chains of solid gold.’1 Electrified, Waugh engineered a meeting with Jack Driberg, a respectable member of the Colonial Service, known to speak eleven African languages and to have eaten human flesh twice – a clear if distant progenitor of the disreputable Basil Seal, Black Mischief ‘s anthropophagous, polyglot anti-hero.
Black mischief: crime, protest and resistance in colonial Kenya* - Volume 36 Issue 4 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Description. “A hilarious and still timely tale of emerging Africa and declining England” (Time), Evelyn Waugh’s third novel helped to establish his reputation as a mater satirist. “We are Progress and the New Age. Nothing can stand in our way.”. When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania ...
Livro > Livro de Literatura e Ficção > Livro de Literatura Estrangeira, isbn - 9780141183985, paginas - 292, editora - Penguin Books, preço - 92,900
Hilarity in Africa. BLACK MISCHIEF. By Evelyn Waugh. ast year Evelyn Waugh, as correspondent for a London paper, covered the coronation ceremonies of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia. He then wrote a delightful travel book, "They Were Still Dancing," about his adventures in Africa, a continent which, it would seem, he finds peculiarly amusing.
