{"product_id":"in-the-company-of-men-paperback-1","title":"In the Company of Men - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVéronique Tadjo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK PRIZE\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHarper's Bazaar Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Feminist Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003eWords Without Borders: Best Translated Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on real accounts of the Ebola outbreak that devastated West Africa, this poignant, timely fable reflects on both the strength and the fragility of life and humanity's place in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two boys venture from their village to hunt in a nearby forest, where they shoot down bats with glee, and cook their prey over an open fire. Within a month, they are dead, bodies ravaged by an insidious disease that neither the local healer's potions nor the medical team's treatments could cure. Compounding the family's grief, experts warn against touching the sick. But this caution comes too late: the virus spreads rapidly, and the boys' father is barely able to send his eldest daughter away for a chance at survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a series of moving snapshots, Véronique Tadjo illustrates the terrible extent of the Ebola epidemic, through the eyes of those affected in myriad ways: the doctor who tirelessly treats patients day after day in a sweltering tent, protected from the virus only by a plastic suit; the student who volunteers to work as a gravedigger while universities are closed, helping the teams overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies; the grandmother who agrees to take in an orphaned boy cast out of his village for fear of infection. And watching over them all is the ancient and wise Baobab tree, mourning the dire state of the earth yet providing a sense of hope for the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acutely relevant to our times in light of the coronavirus pandemic, \u003ci\u003eIn the Company of Men\u003c\/i\u003e explores critical questions about how we cope with a global crisis and how we can combat fear and prejudice.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVéronique Tadjo \u003c\/b\u003eis a poet, novelist, academic, and artist from Côte d'Ivoire. She earned a doctorate in Black American Literature and Civilization from the Sorbonne, Paris IV, and went to the United States as a Fulbright scholar at Howard University in Washington, DC. She headed the French Department of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg until 2015. Her books have been translated into several languages, from \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) to \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda\u003c\/i\u003e (2001) and \u003ci\u003eQueen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), which was awarded the Grand Prix de Littérature d'Afrique Noire in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768758042912,"sku":"9781635420951","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d8908f867ba72592c9ee2d0823e35e58.webp?v=1780336706","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-company-of-men-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}