M. G. Vassanji

The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'My name is Vikram Lall. I have the distinction of having been numbered one of Africa's most corrupt men. . .'

Vikram Lall inhabits an 'in-between world': between his ancestral home in India and the Kenya he loves passionately; between his infamous African past and his uncertain future in exile. In this sweeping and sumptuous novel, M. G. Vassanji weaves a rich tapestry of vivid characters, real and imagined, in a land caught between colonialism and independence, between escape from political terror and a seemingly inevitable return to Africa, a return that may cost Vikram Lall dearly . . .

"A thwarted love story . . . utterly compelling and shot through with the intensity of lived experience." Observer

"Vassanji captures a wide and authentic perspective that ranks with V. S. Naipaul and Graham Greene." The Times

"A writer at the top of his form." Guardian

"This warm-hued, marvellously accomplished novel opens up a world that will be new and unfamiliar to many readers, and one that they will not easily forget." Scotsman

"A wholly engaging and spirited novel of Africa: warm, shrewdly charming, replete with its own wry and humane wisdom." William Boyd

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781847676849
• Artikelnr.: 39510883

Autorenporträt

M.G. Vassanji is the author of five acclaimed novels: The Gunny Sack, which won a regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize; No New Land; The Book of Secrets, which won the very first Giller Prize; Amiriika; and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, which also received the Giller Prize. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons.