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Greetings From Grandpa
Jack Mapanje
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Description for Greetings From Grandpa
Paperback. Mapanje was imprisoned by Malawi's dictator Hastings Banda for nearly four years, chronicling his prison experiences in his previous books. Now he returns to Africa. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 136.
Jack Mapanje was imprisoned without trial or charge by Malawi's dictator Hastings Banda for nearly four years, chronicling his prison experiences with dogged wit in his previous books. In Greetings from Grandpa - his sixth collection - Mapanje is still effervescent, with his wry humour defiantly intact. Some treacherous African tyrants may have been deposed or died horrific deaths, leaving their snoops in exile washing cars to survive - but these are mere metaphors of another life. The narratives in Greetings from Grandpa are mellow and cheerful testimonies of the sojourn of the human spirit as it survives freedom under ... Read more
Jack Mapanje was imprisoned without trial or charge by Malawi's dictator Hastings Banda for nearly four years, chronicling his prison experiences with dogged wit in his previous books. In Greetings from Grandpa - his sixth collection - Mapanje is still effervescent, with his wry humour defiantly intact. Some treacherous African tyrants may have been deposed or died horrific deaths, leaving their snoops in exile washing cars to survive - but these are mere metaphors of another life. The narratives in Greetings from Grandpa are mellow and cheerful testimonies of the sojourn of the human spirit as it survives freedom under ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780373119
SKU
V9781780373119
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About Jack Mapanje
Jack Mapanje was head of the Department of English at the University of Malawi when the Malawi authorities arrested him in 1987 after his first book of poems had been banned, and he was released in 1991 after spending three years, seven months and sixteen days in prison, following an international outcry against his incarceration. His books include The Last ... Read more
Reviews for Greetings From Grandpa
'Given the regime, Mapanje's satire can seem strangely generous, impressively blending the memory of terror with a sense almost of farce when he considers his captors.' - Sean O'Brien, Sunday Times