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Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara
Ellah W(Ed) Allfrey
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Description for Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara
Paperback. Editor(s): Allfrey, Ellah Wakatama. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Africa has produced some of the best writing of the twentieth century from Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei Armah, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and the Nobel Laureates Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee and Doris Lessing, to more recent talents like Nuruddin Farah, Ben Okri, Aminatta Forna and Brian Chikwava. Who will be the next generation? Following the successful launch of Bogota39, which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, including Daniel Alarcon, Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize), Santiago Roncagliolo (Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and Juan Gabriel Vasquez (short-listed for the IFFP), and Beirut39 which published Randa ... Read more
Africa has produced some of the best writing of the twentieth century from Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei Armah, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and the Nobel Laureates Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee and Doris Lessing, to more recent talents like Nuruddin Farah, Ben Okri, Aminatta Forna and Brian Chikwava. Who will be the next generation? Following the successful launch of Bogota39, which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, including Daniel Alarcon, Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize), Santiago Roncagliolo (Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and Juan Gabriel Vasquez (short-listed for the IFFP), and Beirut39 which published Randa ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408869024
SKU
V9781408869024
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99-50
About Ellah W(Ed) Allfrey
Ellah Wakatama Allfrey is a freelance editor and critic, and was former deputy editor of Granta magazine.
Reviews for Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara
A vivid, evocative, colourful and surprising portrait of the continent through selected stories from a wide variety of young authors, that puts African writing firmly on the literary map. Unusual and utterly compelling
Mariella Frostrup, Waitrose Weekend Books of the Year
A selection from novels, in a thick, bright yellow volme that promises much and consistently delivers. ... Read more
Mariella Frostrup, Waitrose Weekend Books of the Year
A selection from novels, in a thick, bright yellow volme that promises much and consistently delivers. ... Read more