Peter Abrahams

Mine Boy

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the first ever African novels in English by a radical black South African writer: the 1946 classic of one boy's loves, friendships and political awakening as a mine worker in Johannesburg's slums.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Main
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Altersempfehlung: ab 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 127mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 232g
• ISBN-13: 9780571376414
• ISBN-10: 057137641X
• Artikelnr.: 63590024

Autorenporträt

Peter Abrahams was born in Vrededorp, near Johannesburg, in 1919. His Ethiopian father worked in the gold mines; his mother was the daughter of a black African father and white French mother, classifying Abrahams as 'coloured'. After his father's death, he had an impoverished childhood, selling firewood and working for a tinsmith, but won a scholarship to school. In 1939, Abrahams left South Africa for European exile, writing for the Communist Daily Worker, befriending political activists and organising the Fifth Pan-African Congress. His first book was published in 1942, followed by ten volumes of trailblazing fiction and autobiography exposing racial injustice. He settled in Jamaica in 1956 where he lived until his death aged 97, writing and broadcasting radio commentaries; he was married twice, both to white Englishwomen, and had three children.