Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro - Cervenka, Jarda
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Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, suffer-and then want to return to the Dark Continent again. His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girl-and who encounters a…mehr

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Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, suffer-and then want to return to the Dark Continent again. His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girl-and who encounters a prostitute in an unusual circumstance while on a business trip in Lagos. In another tale, a Californian professor with malformed feet travels to a deep jungle to learn how to construct orthopedic shoes, which change his life. Finally, three adventurers, kidnapped by ruthless robbers, get help from a French secret agent and a dose of luck. Life in Africa can be grim and disturbing, but there's also humor, humanity, and lots of adventure in the Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro.
Autorenporträt
Jaroslav (Jarda) Cervenka was born in Prague in 1933. First part of his lif he spent in science (MD, PhD in genetics , in Czech Academy of Sciences) After Russians invasion of Czechoslovakia he emigrated with wife Sasha and son Vojta to Minnesota, to the University of Minnesota, where he became Professor of Medical Genetics.. Later he became writer, (11 books) winning awards.Traveled World extensively, spent extended times in Europe, Japan and Africa, studying cancer, races and ethnicities. Was fascinated by Nature in four visits to Amazonia, also forests in South America, South Pacific, Asia. He spends his years in part in Minnesota, Wisconsin cabin and Florida Keys residence.. Travels to Prague, for friends, often. His greatest pleasure is his family, admires all of his 1st and 2nddegree relatives.