Other Leopards (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Denis Williams
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Impressionistic realism
- Time of Work: The 1960’s
- Setting: Somewhere in the Sudan Savannah in the mythical country of Johkara
- Principal Characters: Lionel (Lobo) Froad, The Chief, Eve, Hassan, Dr. Hughie King, Catherine, Mohammed
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Culture, History, 1960’s, Africa or Africans, Mythology or myths, Politics, Race, Europe or Europeans, Religion, Archaeology or archaeologists, Discoveries
- Locales: Sudan
The Novel
The nature of Lionel Froad’s conflict becomes apparent at the beginning of the novel. Froad, the protagonist, is a man suffering from ambivalence and inner division. This sense of self-division is underscored, at the beginning of the novel, when he confesses to having two names, Lionel, literally his Christian name, and “Lobo,” the nickname which expresses his ancestral heritage, the first representing who he is, the second, who he ought to become. Froad, a Guyanese who was educated in Great Britain, has come to Johkara, a fictional country located in the Sudan,...
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