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Masai Dreaming
Justin Cartwright
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Description for Masai Dreaming
Paperback. 'Cartwright makes his pages as vividly sensuous as they are caustically intelligent' The Sunday Times Num Pages: 304 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222.
* WINNER OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN M-NET LITERARY AWARD *
A tale of deception, misunderstanding, and betrayal set between modern-day Africa and Nazi-occupied France.
Haunted by his dreams of the Masai, Tim Curtiz journeys to East Africa to research and write a screenplay about the enigmatic Claudia Cohn-Casson, a French anthropologist who studied the Masai in the late 1930s and was then deported to Auschwitz upon her return to Paris.
'It is like a little death to put this book down' Times Literary Supplement
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340768365
SKU
V9780340768365
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99-10
About Justin Cartwright
Born in South Africa, Justin Cartwright lived in Britain after studying at Trinity College, Oxford. He worked in advertising and directed documentaries, films and television commercials, and wrote seventeen novels. They include the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet, the Whitbread Novel Award-winner Leading the Cheers, the acclaimed White Lightning, shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Novel Award, The Promise of ... Read more
Reviews for Masai Dreaming
There is nothing tired or derivative here; the writing is sharp, the characters vividly drawn, the narrative sinuous . . . it confirms Cartwright's individuality and promise . . . In its bold design, as well as its wonderfully detailed portrait of African village life, it achieves real distinction
Sunday Telegraph
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Sunday Telegraph
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