The photographs of contemporary Veles are intertwined with excerpts and facsimiles from a 1919 archaeological discovery also called ‘the Book of Veles’ — a cryptic collection of 40 ‘ancient’ wooden boards discovered in Russia by an army officer

to whom Fanny is distantly related through her father's family

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they work to displace familiar narratives of violence and unsettle clichéd depictions of Africa in favor of a more nuanced interplay between the real and allegorical

Index G This is The photographs of contemporary VelesFirst edition First impression Large format paperback in very good condition General wear to cover There are slight indents to top corners of back cover No internal markings