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In her accomplished new story collection, Petina Gappah crosses the barriers of class, race, gender and sexual politics in Zimbabwe to explore the causes and effects of crime, and to meditate on the nature of justice.... See More
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(89 reviews)
Quick ViewIn her accomplished new story collection, Petina Gappah crosses the barriers of class, race, gender and sexual politics in Zimbabwe to explore the causes and effects of crime, and to meditate on the nature of justice.... See More
(85 reviews)
Quick ViewA woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlour brings unexpected riches; a politician's... See More
(250 reviews)
Quick ViewONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 2020 FICTION HIGHLIGHTS: Petina Gappah's epic journey through nineteenth-century Africa is'engrossing, beautiful and deeply imaginative.' (Yaa Gyasi) This is the story of the body of Bwana Daudi, the... See More
(1,078 review)
Quick ViewThe story you have asked me to tell begins not with the ignominious ugliness of Lloyd's death but on a long-ago day in April when the sun seared my blistered face and I was nine years old and my father and mother sold me to... See More
(12 reviews)
Quick ViewFaber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. The government has cleaned up Harare for the Queen of England's visit. 'The townships... See More
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Quick ViewUna novela épica y profundamente humana en el corazón de África. Ganadora del premio Chautauqua 2020 Uno de los mejores libros de 2019 según NPR «Fascinante, hermosa y profundamente imaginativa, es una novela que da... See More
(11 reviews)
Quick View"La historia que me has pedido que te cuente no comienza con la conmovedora fealdad de la muerte de Lloyd. Comienza un día de agosto de hace mucho tiempo, cuando el sol me abrasaba la cara y yo tenía nueve años, y mi... See More
(1 review)
Quick View« L'histoire que vous m'avez demandé de vous raconter ne commence pas avec la mort, d'une hideur déplorable, de Lloyd. Elle commence par une journée d'août, il y a bien longtemps, quand j'avais neuf ans, que le soleil... See More
Dans l'Afrique du xixe siècle, des femmes et des hommes ont transporté le corps du Docteur Livingstone, explorateur et missionnaire, sur plus de deux mille cinq cents kilomètres, afin que sa dépouille puisse être... See More
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Quick ViewEin großer Roman über ein unbekanntes Stück afrikanischer Kolonialgeschichte, fiktionalisiert zu einer spannenden Abenteuerreise - erzählt von einer der aufregendsten afropolitischen Stimmen unserer Gegenwart. Seit ihrer... See More
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Quick ViewThe Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award is the world's richest and most prestigious prize for a short story, with £30,000 going to the winner. This special ebook contains, in full, all six shortlisted stories competing for... See More
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Quick ViewSie heißt Memory und sitzt in einer Todeszelle in Simbabwes berüchtigtem Gefängnis Chikurubi. Für eine amerikanische Reporterin, die sich für ihren Fall interessiert, schreibt Memory ihre Geschichte auf. Es ist ein... See More
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Quick View«Divertente e saggio, tenero e commovente. Un romanzo splendido.» PAULA HAWKINS, autrice di La ragazza del treno «Una magnifica scrittrice.» J.M. COETZEE, Premio Nobel per la Letteratura «La storia che mi hai chiesto... See More
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Quick ViewNach ihrem Roman "Die Farben des Nachtfalters" legt Petina Gappah in diesen 20 Erzählungen ein schillerndes Porträt ihrer Heimat Simbabwes vor und wirft mit bestechendem Humor universelle Fragen zu Recht und Unrecht auf... See More
(5 reviews)
Quick View«Una splendida scrittrice.» J.M. Coetzee «Petina Gappah ha scelto un modo ingegnoso per parlare della vita di Livingstone. Grazie a lei, dopo centocinquanta anni, possiamo ascoltare le voci di Halima, Wainwright e degli... See More