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Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
Charles (Ed) Larson
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Description for Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Charles R. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 173 x 26. Weight in Grams: 278.
This collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers, such as Chinua Achebe, Bessie Head and Wole Soyinka. It also includes a new generation of writers such as Ben Okri, Veronique Tadjo and Ken Saro-Wiwa, and a number of promising but currently unpublished new writers. Originally written in English, Portuguese and French, these stories illustrate the immense diversity of African literature.
This groundbreaking collection brings together a fantastic range of work, all of which makes clear the vitality and brilliance of writing from the African continent. It will be welcomed by an ever-increasing audience hungry ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841955957
SKU
V9781841955957
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Ref
99-17
About Charles (Ed) Larson
Charles R. Larson pioneered courses in African, Afro-American and Third World literature in the sixties and seventies. The editor of numerous anthologies, he currently teaches at The American University. He lives with his family in Chevy Chase, Maryland
Reviews for Under African Skies: Modern African Stories
These tales reflect some of Africa's best characteristics - compassion and humour and an immense determination to survive against terrible odds.
Irish Independent
powerful and intriguing . . . offering an excellent introduction to black African literature
Goegraphical Magazine
Every item in Charles Larson's beautifully produced anthology brims ... Read more
Irish Independent
powerful and intriguing . . . offering an excellent introduction to black African literature
Goegraphical Magazine
Every item in Charles Larson's beautifully produced anthology brims ... Read more