Corporeality in the Novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Sony Labou Tansi

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Corporeality in the Novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Sony Labou Tansi is written by Gilbert Shang Ndi and published by Palgrave Macmillan. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3032018013 (ISBN 10) and 9783032018014 (ISBN 13).

This book explores the significance of corporeality in literature through a “South-South” comparison of the works of Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez and Congolese author Sony Labou Tansi. It argues that the body constitutes a basic trope not only in imagining postcolonial power relations but also our (non) being-in-the-world. Organized thematically, the chapters compare these authors’ novels in relation to the dehumanised body, bodies of war, the dead body, the body in relation to bureaucracy, and the dictator’s body. It taps into the growing critical interest in bringing Latin American and African literatures into conversation.