Adventures in Africa

by Gianni Celati

"In the life of a tourist who travels a bit far, I think that at a certain point, a question necessarily arises: 'But what have I come here for?' A question that sets in motion a great cinema of justification to oneself, so that one doesn't have to seriously say to oneself: 'I'm here doing nothing.'"
In 1997 the celebrated Italian novelist and essayist Gianni Celati accompanied his friend, filmmaker Jean Talon, on a journey to West Africa which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226099555
• ISBN13: 9780226099552
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"