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A moving portrait of Sudan and the tragic events that have led to its current state, written by a survivor of the 1989 coup, traces his early memories of Khartoum and his studies into the country's rich past as well as the factors that triggered and perpetuated civil war after it gained independence in 1956, rendering millions of people refugees in the high-conflict western region of Darfur.

Produktbeschreibung
A moving portrait of Sudan and the tragic events that have led to its current state, written by a survivor of the 1989 coup, traces his early memories of Khartoum and his studies into the country's rich past as well as the factors that triggered and perpetuated civil war after it gained independence in 1956, rendering millions of people refugees in the high-conflict western region of Darfur.
Autorenporträt
Jamal Mahjoub was born in London and spent his formative years in Khartoum, Sudan. Since then he has settled in a number of cities, including London, Aarhus, Barcelona, and, more recently, Amsterdam. The author of seven novels, his fiction and nonfiction have been critically acclaimed and widely translated. He has published six crime novels featuring private investigator Makana, using the pen name Parker Bilal. Mahjoub lives in Amsterdam.
Rezensionen
A highly readable and authoritative celebration of a little-understood country and its capital city Geographical