 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2008) |
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| Author | Ousmane Sembène |
|---|---|
| Original title | Les bouts de bois de Dieu |
| Translator | Francis Price |
| Cover artist | Fraser Taylor |
| Language | French |
| Publisher | Le Livre Contemporain |
Publication date | 1960 |
| Publication place | Senegal, France |
Published in English | 1962 |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 0-435-90959-2 |
God's Bits of Wood is a 1960 novel by Senegalese author Ousmane Sembène. It is a fictional treatment based on an historic railroad strike in colonial Senegal of the 1940s. It was written and published in French under the title Les bouts de bois de Dieu. The book deals with several ways that the Senegalese and Malians responded to colonialism. The book casts a critical regard towards accommodation, collaboration, and overall idealization of the French colonials. At the same time the story details the strikers who work against the mistreatment of the Senegalese people.[1]
The novel was translated into English in 1962 and published by William Heinemann, London, as God's Bits of Wood. It was part of their influential African Writers Series.