Laughing and Crying at the Same Time: Reading Biyi Bandele’s Burma Boy through a Bergsonian Theory of the Comic oleh Christina Howes

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Stretching the Temporal Boundaries of Postmemorial Fiction: Shades of Albert Camus’ Absurd in Biyi Bandele Thomas’ Burma Boy oleh Christina Howes

"…Nigerian-British writer and playwright Biyi Bandele Thomas’ novel Burma Boy (2007) is inspired by his father’s combat experience in the Burma Campaign of World War Two. This postmemorial re-enactment not only commemorates his father but also the marginalised black African soldiers who participated in that campaign. …"
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