AFRICAN LAUGHTER Four Visits to Zimbabwe
Language: English
Published by HarperPerennial, New York, 1993
- Softcover
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Remainder mark bottom edge. front cover has light crease and price sticker remains, otherwise without flaw. Doris Lessing writes a highly personal story about returning to her African roots after a 25-year exile from the old Southern Rhodesia for her opposition to the white minority government. Her rich and penetrating narrative encompasses every facet of life in Zimbabwe, from the dwindling of animal life to political corruption. **Bundle up & Save on Postage**.
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- Title
- AFRICAN LAUGHTER Four Visits to Zimbabwe
- Author
- Lessing, Doris
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial, New York
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060924330
- ISBN 13
- 9780060924331
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Dimensions
- 5" x 8 " 442 Pages
- Seller catalogs
- Travel : Africa
A highly personal story of the eminent British writer returning to her African roots that is "brilliant . . . [and] captures the contradictions of a young country." — New York Times Book Review
A rich and penetrating portrait of Lessing's homeland, African Laughter recounts the visits she made to Zimbabwe in 1982, 1988, 1989, and 1992, after being exiled from the old Southern Rhodesia for 25 years for her opposition to the minority white government. Lessing uses memory and reminiscence with recent experience to depict a country in the process of change.
What does a country look like a decade after revolution, through the eyes of an author who was once forbidden to return?
- Return from Exile: After 25 years as a Prohibited Immigrant, Doris Lessing returns to the landscape of her youth, confronting the ghosts of Southern Rhodesia and the realities of a new nation.
- A Nation in Transition: Through four distinct visits spanning a decade, Lessing chronicles the immense social and political changes, triumphs, and contradictions of post-liberation Zimbabwe.
- Sharp Political Commentary: With an unflinching eye, Lessing examines the fault lines of race, the rise of a new ruling class, and the complex legacy of a long and bitter war.
- A Personal and Historical Record: Blending intimate reminiscence of her past with keen-eyed reportage of the present, Lessing creates a deeply moving portrait of a people and a country finding their way.
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About the Author
Winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature, Doris Lessing was one of the most celebrated and distinguished writers of our time, the recipient of a host of international awards. She wrote more than thirty books—among them the novels Martha Quest, The Golden Notebook, and The Fifth Child. She died in 2013.
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