Transparent City - Ondjaki

"A moving mural of lives in the underclass of Luanda." –The GuardianIn a crumbling apartment block in the Angolan city of Luanda, families work, laugh, scheme, and get by. In the middle of it all is the melancholic Odonato, nostalgic for the country of his youth and searching for his lost son. As his hope drains away and the city outside his doors changes beyond all recognition, Odonato’s flesh becomes transparent and his body increasingly weightless.Alongside, disparate stories are woven into... Zobrazit více