{"product_id":"when-the-plums-are-ripe-a-novel","title":"When the Plums Are Ripe: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Second Volume In A Magisterial Trilogy, The Story Of Cameroon Caught Between Empires During World War Ii In Cameroon, Plum Season Is A Highly Anticipated Time Of Year. But For The Narrator Of When The Plums Are Ripe, The Poet Po Uk A, The Season Reminds Him Of The Time When Our Country Had Discovered The Root Not So Much Of Its Own Violence As That Of The WorldS Own, And, In Response, Had Thrown Its Sons Who At That Time Were Called Senegalese Infantrymen Into The Desert, Just As In The Evenings The Sellers Throw All Their StillUnsold Plums Into The Embers. In This Novel Of Radiant Lyricism, Patrice Nganang Recounts The Story Of Cameron Forced Entry Into World War Ii, And In The Process Complicates Our Own Understanding Of That GlobeSpanning Conflict. After The Fall Of France In 1940, Cameroon Found Itself Caught Between Vichy And The Free French At A Time When Growing Nationalism Advised Allegiance To Neither Regime, And Was Ultimately Dragged Into Fighting Throughout North Africa On Behalf Of The Allies. Moving From PoukaS Story To The Campaigns Of The French General Leclerc And The Battles Of Kufra And Murzuk, Nganang Questions The Colonial Record And Recenters African Perspectives At The Heart Of Cameron National History, All The While Writing With Wit And Panache. When The Plums Are Ripe Is A Brilliantly Crafted, Politically Charged Epic That Challenges Not Only The Legacies Of Colonialism But Also The Intersections Of Language, Authority, And History Itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45915628961990,"sku":"DADAX0374288992","price":23.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/A12vGGdhBHL.jpg?v=1780582630","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/when-the-plums-are-ripe-a-novel","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}