Author: Ian Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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A collection of short stories from Africa covering a range of subjects, from the conflict between traditional and new ways of life and values, to the role of women in society. The main introduction provides a background for discussion, as well as ideas for students to use in their own writing.
Author: Simon Okumba Miruka
Publisher: East African Publishers
ISBN: 9789966250575
Category : African literature (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Meshack Owino
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Author: Ian Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780333641538
Category : Short stories, African (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Author: Ezekiel Alembi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Author: Ian Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789966885685
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: Nadežda Obradović
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Author: Nadežda Obradović
Publisher: Fireside
ISBN: 9780671671778
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Stories by writers from ten African nations deal with madness, traditional customs, political repression, and clashes with modern values
Author: Helon Habila
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 1847084389
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent, from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya. Helon Habila focuses on younger, newer writers - contrasted with some of their older, more established peers - to give a fascinating picture of a new and more liberated Africa. These writers are characterized by their engagement with the wider world and the opportunities offered by the end of apartheid, the end of civil wars and dictatorships, and the possibilities of free movement. Their work is inspired by travel and exile. They are liberated, global and expansive. As Dambudzo Marechera wrote: 'If you're a writer for a specific nation or specific race, then f*** you." These are the stories of a new Africa, punchy, self-confident and defiant. Includes stories by: Fatou Diome; Aminatta Forna; Manuel Rui; Patrice Nganang; Leila Aboulela; Zo Wicomb; Alaa Al Aswany; Doreen Baingana; E.C. Osondu.
Author: Arturo Islas
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006203779X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
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"The Rain God is a lost masterpiece that helped launch a legion of writers. Its return, in times like these, is a plot twist that perhaps only Arturo Islas himself could have conjured. May it win many new readers." — Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The House of Broken Angels and The Hummingbird’s Daughter "Rivers, rivulets, fountains and waters flow, but never return to their joyful beginnings; anxiously they hasten on to the vast realms of the Rain God." A beloved Southwestern classic—as beautiful, subtle and profound as the desert itself—Arturo Islas's The Rain God is a breathtaking masterwork of contemporary literature. Set in a fictional small town on the Texas-Mexico border, it tells the funny, sad and quietly outrageous saga of the children and grandchildren of Mama Chona the indomitable matriarch of the Angel clan who fled the bullets and blood of the 1911 revolution for a gringo land of promise. In bold creative strokes, Islas paints on unforgettable family portrait of souls haunted by ghosts and madness--sinners torn by loves, lusts and dangerous desires. From gentle hearts plagued by violence and epic delusions to a child who con foretell the coming of rain in the sweet scent of angels, here is a rich and poignant tale of outcasts struggling to live and die with dignity . . . and to hold onto their past while embracing an unsteady future.