Brian Chikwava

Broschiertes Buch

Harare North

Beschreibung

When he lands in Harare North, our unnamed protagonist carries nothing but a cardboard suitcase full of memories and a longing to be reunited with his childhood friend, Shingi. He ends up in Shingi's Brixton squat where the inhabitants function at various levels of desperation.

Autor

Brian Chikwava is among the exciting new generation of writers emerging from the African continent. His short story Seventh Street Alchemy was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African Writing. He has been a Charles Pick fellow at the University of East Anglia, and lives in London.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 613434
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 172g
• ISBN-13: 9780099526759
• ISBN-10: 0099526751
• Artikelnr.: 27219679

Rezensionen

A debut novel at once lyrical and gritty, offering an unsentimental view of the African immigrant experience in London's Brixton Scotsman