Mujilas frenetic energy is captured in rapturous language by Roland Glasser, translating from the French. Recalling the gritty, exuberant novels of the South African Zakes Mda and the Congolese Alain Mabanckou, Mujila has brought to life a feverish tale of Africas underclass, whose demands like the authors are hard to resist. New York Times Mujilas virtuosic narrative shifts, feverish magical realism, and dizzying chronological leaps make for an intoxicating reading experience. This complex tale bears exquisite fruit. Publishers Weekly Poetic and inventive, Fiston Mwanza Mujilas The Villains Dance sees and mourns the Angola that could have been. Eric Mayrhofer, Independent Book Review Fiston Mwanza Mujila opens the doors of an effervescent Africa, one devastated by misery, but incredibly fresh and in which the dance is some sort of metamorphosis and Fiston's language, jazzy and acid, becomes magical. Page des Libraires
