Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0299222608 ISBN 13: 9780299222604
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 0299222608 ISBN 13: 9780299222604
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: University Of Wisconsin Press Feb 2007, 2007
ISBN 10: 0299222608 ISBN 13: 9780299222604
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this stunning debut novel, a child dissects the darkness at the heart of her British diplomatic family. Living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war, Anna--also known as Jake--becomes blood brothers with Dave, the Korean American daughter of a C.I.A. operative. They do push-ups, collect pornography, and plot lives of unmarried freedom while around them a country disintegrates. Luscious, terrifying, and raw, Nigeria itself becomes a lesson in endurance, suffering, love.Stories are layered upon stories: Anna's grandmother tells stories about life as a white woman on the Gold Coast; the clairvoyant and closeted 'Aunt' Elsie gives Anna a story of transformation to hold onto in the coming tumult of adolescence. Yet 'Where Bones Dance' also spirals down to the stories that are not told--sexual abuse, the myth of benign colonialism, the chaos of postcolonial Africa. Sensual and fantastical by turns, this moving, funny, immensely readable book delivers an understanding of the interplay of sexuality, gender, race, and war that is sophisticated beyond the years of its intrepid narrator.
Verlag: UNIV OF WISCONSIN PR, 2007
ISBN 10: 0299222608 ISBN 13: 9780299222604
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Gebunden. Zustand: New. Living in Nigeria on the brink of civil war, Anna becomes blood brothers with Dave, the Korean American daughter of a CIA operative. They do push-ups, collect pornography, and plot lives of unmarried freedom while around them a country disintegrates. This n.