Paperback. A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant . . . [and] captures the contradictions of a young country." -- New York Times Book ReviewA rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change. A nostalgic and highly personal series of journeys to the author's homeland of Zimbabwe are recounted in this book, which also captures the essence of a nation coming to terms with political corruption, the spread of AIDS, new roles for women and rural Blacks, and other areas of social change. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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T�tulo: African Laughter (Paperback)
Editor: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, New York, NY
Fecha de publicaci�n: 1993
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0060924330
ISBN 13: 9780060924331
Encuadernaci�n: Paperback
Estado: new

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A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant . . . [and] captures the contradictions of a young country." — New York Times Book Review

A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.

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Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books--among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.

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