The camel bookmobile - Masha Hamilton
"Deep in the heart of the dusty Kenyan desert a train of
heavily laden camels wind their way slowly through the
bush. The camels' panniers are stuffed to bursing, not with
grain or medical supplies, but with books of every
imaginable variety.
Mididima is a nomadic settlement so tiny that it is almost
invisible. Into this remote world comes an unexpected
wealth of literature - tips on surviving an avalanche, the
adventures of Tom Sawyer, vegetarian cookbooks: all are
eagerly devoured under the blazing Kenyan sun.
Volunteer Fi Sweeney, her heart filled with passion and
possibilities, is surprised to discover that the project divides
friends and neighbours. To Kanika, who reads every book
she can lay her hands on, the Camel Bookmobile brings
hope. But to some it represents the inevitable destruction of
a fragile way of life..."
Publisher : Orion Publishing
"Deep in the heart of the dusty Kenyan desert a train of
heavily laden camels wind their way slowly through the
bush. The camels' panniers are stuffed to bursing, not with
grain or medical supplies, but with books of every
imaginable variety.
Mididima is a nomadic settlement so tiny that it is almost
invisible. Into this remote world comes an unexpected
wealth of literature - tips on surviving an avalanche, the
adventures of Tom Sawyer, vegetarian cookbooks: all are
eagerly devoured under the blazing Kenyan sun.
Volunteer Fi Sweeney, her heart filled with passion and
possibilities, is surprised to discover that the project divides
friends and neighbours. To Kanika, who reads every book
she can lay her hands on, the Camel Bookmobile brings
hope. But to some it represents the inevitable destruction of
a fragile way of life..."
Publisher : Orion Publishing
Starbook - Ben Okri
"We are listeners at the oracle. Those who truly hear are touched and changed.’
At one level, Starbook tells the delicate story of a prince and a maiden who are both
tested by trials in a mythical land where art, initiation and dynamic stillness are
supremely important.
At another level, this rich and stimulating novel opens up the nature of reality, where
the essence of life is revealed, and the source of enchantment can be ours – where
beauty, regeneration and fulfilment are perhaps possible.
A dazzling achievement of the imagination, and a profound work of literature of the
kind that won Ben Okri the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, his new novel is a
pleasure to read, with an unforgettable radiance of its own. For, no matter where we
live and who we think we are, we all have access to the oracle, and a vision of life far
greater than ourselves, which comes from ‘the book of life among the stars’."
Publisher : Ebury Press
"We are listeners at the oracle. Those who truly hear are touched and changed.’
At one level, Starbook tells the delicate story of a prince and a maiden who are both
tested by trials in a mythical land where art, initiation and dynamic stillness are
supremely important.
At another level, this rich and stimulating novel opens up the nature of reality, where
the essence of life is revealed, and the source of enchantment can be ours – where
beauty, regeneration and fulfilment are perhaps possible.
A dazzling achievement of the imagination, and a profound work of literature of the
kind that won Ben Okri the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, his new novel is a
pleasure to read, with an unforgettable radiance of its own. For, no matter where we
live and who we think we are, we all have access to the oracle, and a vision of life far
greater than ourselves, which comes from ‘the book of life among the stars’."
Publisher : Ebury Press
Playing in the light - Zoe Wicomb
"Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town,
Zoe Wicomb's third novel, Playing in the Light,
revolves around Marion, a woman of Afrikaner
background, and her complex relationship with
Brenda, the first black woman she has ever
employed.
Marion eschews national politics until the
exposures of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission lead to the discovery of a skeleton in
the family closet. As this impeccably wrought novel
unfolds, the truth about Marion's past leads to a
defining transformation and widening of her world. "
Publisher : The New Press
"Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town,
Zoe Wicomb's third novel, Playing in the Light,
revolves around Marion, a woman of Afrikaner
background, and her complex relationship with
Brenda, the first black woman she has ever
employed.
Marion eschews national politics until the
exposures of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission lead to the discovery of a skeleton in
the family closet. As this impeccably wrought novel
unfolds, the truth about Marion's past leads to a
defining transformation and widening of her world. "
Publisher : The New Press
A river called time - Mia Couto
"Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is
summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather’s
funeral. But when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly,
that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the
running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has
not died completely, but is in that frontier space between life
and death. In traditional belief, he has died ‘badly’, and
something must happen in order for him to be laid to rest.
Mariano starts to receive letters supposedly written by his
grandfather, telling him about the family. It is through this
strange relationship that he discovers the secret of his own
birth, while also cleansing his grandfather’s conscience. The
novel contains a blend of picturesque and sometimes comic
characters and situations."
Publisher : Profile Books Ltd
"Mariano, who has lived in the city from an early age, is
summoned back to his village to attend his grandfather’s
funeral. But when he arrives, he discovers two things: firstly,
that he has been nominated by his grandfather to take over the
running of the family affairs, secondly that his grandfather has
not died completely, but is in that frontier space between life
and death. In traditional belief, he has died ‘badly’, and
something must happen in order for him to be laid to rest.
Mariano starts to receive letters supposedly written by his
grandfather, telling him about the family. It is through this
strange relationship that he discovers the secret of his own
birth, while also cleansing his grandfather’s conscience. The
novel contains a blend of picturesque and sometimes comic
characters and situations."
Publisher : Profile Books Ltd
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Children of the revolution - Dinaw Mengestu
"Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary
Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Sepha
Stephanos is a man caught between two
existences: the one he left behind aged nineteen,
and the new life he has forged in Washington DC.
Sepha spends his days in a sort of limbo: quietly
running his grocery store into the ground, revisting
the Russian classics, and toasting the old days
with his friends Kenneth and Joseph, themselves
emigrants from Africa.
But when a white woman named Judith moves next
door with her only daughter, Naomi, Sepha's life
seems on the verge of change..."
Publisher : Vintage
"Seventeen years after fleeing the revolutionary
Ethiopia that claimed his father's life, Sepha
Stephanos is a man caught between two
existences: the one he left behind aged nineteen,
and the new life he has forged in Washington DC.
Sepha spends his days in a sort of limbo: quietly
running his grocery store into the ground, revisting
the Russian classics, and toasting the old days
with his friends Kenneth and Joseph, themselves
emigrants from Africa.
But when a white woman named Judith moves next
door with her only daughter, Naomi, Sepha's life
seems on the verge of change..."
Publisher : Vintage
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