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Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny communities where people live daily with drought, hunger, and disease. Her intentions are honorable, and her rules are firm: due to the limited number of donated books, if any one of them is not returned, the bookmobile will not return.
But, encumbered by her Western values, Fi does not understand the people she seeks to help. And in the impoverished small community of Mididima, she finds herself caught in the middle of a volatile local struggle when the bookmobile's presence sparks a dangerous feud between the proponents of modernization and those who fear the loss of traditional ways.
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About the Author
A journalist who has worked for NBC Mutual Radio, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and other well-known news organizations, Masha Hamilton is the author of The Distance Between Us and Staircase of a Thousand Steps. She lives with her family in New York City.
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Hamilton's captivating third novel (after 2004's The Distance Between Us) follows Fiona Sweeney, a 36-year-old librarian, from New York to Garissa, Kenya, on her sincere but naïve quest to make a difference in the world. Fi enlists to run the titular mobile library overseen by Mr. Abasi, and in her travels through the bush, the small village of Mididima becomes her favorite stop. There, Matani, the village teacher; Kanika, an independent, vivacious young woman; and Kanika's grandmother Neema are the most avid proponents of the library and the knowledge it brings to the community. Not everyone shares such esteem for the project, however. Taban, known as Scar Boy; Jwahir, Matani's wife; and most of the town elders think these books threaten the tradition and security of Mididima. When two books go missing, tensions arise between those who welcome all that the books represent and those who prefer the time-honored oral traditions of the tribe. Kanika, Taban and Matani become more vibrant than Fi, who never outgrows the cookie-cutter mold of a woman needing excitement and fulfillment, but Hamilton weaves memorable characters and elemental emotions in artful prose with the lofty theme of Western-imposed "education" versus a village's perceived perils of exposure to the developed world. (Apr.)
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Condition: Aceptable. : Fiona Sweeney busca hacer algo que importe y elige dejar su huella en la árida maleza del noreste de Kenia. Al ayudar a iniciar una biblioteca itinerante, espera llevar las palabras de Homero, Hemingway y el Dr. Seuss a pequeñas comunidades lejanas donde la gente vive a diario con sequía, hambre y enfermedades. Sus intenciones son honorables y sus reglas son firmes: debido al número limitado de libros donados, si alguno de ellos no se devuelve, el bibliobús no regresará. Pero, agobiada por sus valores occidentales, Fi no comprende a las personas a las que busca ayudar. Y en la empobrecida pequeña comunidad de Mididima, se encuentra atrapada en medio de una lucha local volátil cuando la presencia del bibliobús desata una peligrosa disputa entre los defensores de la modernización y aquellos que temen la pérdida de las costumbres tradicionales. EAN: 9780753822982 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Camel Bookmobile Autor: Masha Hamilton Idioma: en Páginas: 320 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-09-19-3e5b51b3
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