The Knight and His Shadow

by Boubacar Boris Diop

A brilliant tour de force, The Knight and His Shadow tells the tale of Lat-Sukab 's quest to find his former lover, Khadidja, who writes him to "come before it's too late." As Lat-Sukab recounts his past with Khadidja, reality shapeshifts and takes on a dreamlike quality. He describes how Khadidja is hired by a wealthy stranger to sit before an open door and tell stories into an uncertain darkness, unable to see the person to whom she speaks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611861535
• ISBN13: 9781611861532
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"