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title: "The Old Man and the Medal"
brand: "ferdinand oyonojohn reed"
price: "KD 14.24"
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reviews_count: 5
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# The Old Man and the Medal

**Brand:** ferdinand oyonojohn reed
**Price:** KD 14.24
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Old Man and the Medal by ferdinand oyonojohn reed
- **How much does it cost?** KD 14.24 with free shipping
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## Description

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,549,151 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #41,466 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars (13) |
| Dimensions  | 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.75 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1478609583 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1478609582 |
| Item Weight  | 7.7 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 167 pages |
| Publication date  | August 12, 2013 |
| Publisher  | Waveland Press, Inc. |

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## Customer Reviews

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    It is an interesting read and I recommend it.
  

*by D***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 9 January 2017*

It is a satire of the relationship between the colonial matters (France) and the Africans they occupied. A vivid picture is painted of the psychological warfare that was launched against the Africans and the resulting consequences. The policy of assimilation adopted by the French tried the make Africans French. To become French the Africans had to empty themselves of their Africaness and replace it with the French ways. This resulted in the class of cultures and a lot of undesired consequences. At the end, the colonized ended up as the victims in their own land, while the colonizers looted and pillaged the colonized. This is evident in the climax of the story when an occasion is organized to award a medal to the main character's in the novel, but he woke up in jail the next day because he got drunk and whoever arrested him that night forgot about the medal that was awarded to him during the day. What a tragedy? It is an interesting read and I recommend it.

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    Good book, terrible Kindle Edition
  

*by R***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 14 May 2019*

I was hoping to get the digital edition of this novel for class to make use of the search option. However, the book was unsearchable. For some reason, and I think it may have to do with how the book is formatted, as it is considered a "digital textbook," when highlighted the words would be incapable of being defined because they showed up as a mixture of numbers and letters. So, after noticing that, I realized that the search option was buggy and words that were clearly on the page, did not show up in the search.Amazon, please fix this. As a student, the lack of a search option in the digital version is a major deal breaker. That is my only reason for even considering purchasing a digital book.Thanks.

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    Horrible translation
  

*by M***I on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 22 December 2020*

I am only into the 3rd chapter of this book and find the translation to be horribly done. It makes it difficult to read as you would have to read some sentences multiple times to make sense of what the author (or should I say translator) is trying to convey.

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*Last updated: 2026-03-07*