"Iwa Ekimakingaï a passé son enfance et continue d'habiter chez sa grand-mère, Mâ Lembé, car sa mère, Albertine, est morte en lui donnant la vie. Il est employé comme cuisinier à l'hôtel Victory Palace de Pointe-Noire. Et il attend de rencontrer l'amour. Un soir de 15 août où l'on fête l'indépendance du pays, il réunit ses plus beaux atours à peine achetés l'après-midi, et assez extravagants, pour aller en boîte. Au bord de la piste de danse, la belle Adeline semble inatteignable. Pourtant, elle accepte ses avances, sans toutefois se compromettre. Elle signera sa fin... Le roman est une remontée dans la vie et les dernières heures du jeune homme, qui assiste à sa propre veillée funèbre de quatre jours et à son enterrement. Aussitôt enseveli, il ressort de sa tombe. Pour se venger ? En toile de fond, la ville de Pointe-Noire et ses cimetières - en particulier le Cimetière des Riches, où tout le monde rêverait d'avoir une sépulture mais où les places sont très chères, et celui dit Frère-Lachaise, pour le tout-venant dont Liwa fait partie."--Page 4 of cover. "Iwa Ekimakingaï spent his childhood and continues to live with his grandmother, Mâ Lembé, because his mother, Albertine, died giving birth to him. He is employed as a cook at the Victory Palace hotel in Pointe-Noire And he waits to find love.One evening on August 15, when the country's independence is celebrated, he gathers his finest attire, barely bought in the afternoon, and quite extravagant, to go clubbing. At the edge of the dance floor, the beautiful Adeline seems unattainable. However, she accepts his advances, without however compromising herself. She will sign her end... The novel is a rise in the life and the last hours of the young man, who attends his own four-day wake and funeral. As soon as he is buried, he emerges from his grave. For revenge? In the background, the city of Pointe-Noire and its cemeteries - in particular the Cimetière des Riches, where everyone would dream of having a burial but where the places are very expensive, and the one called Frère-Lachaise, for the all-comers of which Liwa is a part."--Page 4 of cover.
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