TY - BOOK AU - Mabanckou,Alain AU - Stevenson,Helen TI - Broken glass SN - 9781593763077 U1 - 843.672 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Soft Skull KW - Alcoholics KW - Fiction KW - Bars (Drinking establishments) KW - Congo (Democratic Republic) KW - Self-perception N1 - Revised edition of Broken Glass published in 2010 N2 - Broken Glass is a tragicomic novel set in the Republic of the Congo, where a former schoolteacher, Broken Glass, records the lives of patrons of a run-down bar, Credit Gone West. The story revolves around the patrons' struggles to document their lives, as they try to rewrite history to reflect their lives. Broken Glass's portrayal of the characters is influenced by African and Western literature, making it a mocking satire of artistic integrity ER -