ISBN: 9780747584797 - ancestor stones (9 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Used. pp. 368.

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Softcover. Zustand: Good. 336 pagina's Paperback * AMINATTA FORNA * Jaar van publicatie: 2006 Taalversie: Engels.

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. 336 pages. page edge lightly marked, good clean copyAminatta Forna, whose moving and gorgeously written memoir garnered internati onal attention, has seamlessly turned her hand to fiction in Ancestor Stones a p owerful, sensuous novel that beautifully captures Africa?s past century and he r present, and the legacy that her daughters take with them wherever they live. Abie returns home from England to West Africa to visit her family after years of civil war, and to reclaim the family plantation, Kholifa Estates, formerly owne d by her grandfather. There to meet her are her Asana, Mariama, Hawa, and Serah, and so begins her gathering of the family and the country?s history through t he tales of her aunts. Asana, lost twin and head wife?s daughter. Hawa, mother less child and manipulator of her own misfortune. Mariama, who sees what lies be yond. And Serah, follower of a Western made dream. Set against the backdrop of a nation?s descent into chaos, it is the take a family and four women?s attem pts to alter the course of their own destiny. A wonderful achievement recalling The God of Small Things and The Joy Luck Club , it establishes Aminatta Forna as a gifted novelist.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neu Neuware, Importqualität, , Sofortversand - Abie has followed the arc of a letter from London back to Africa, to the coffee groves of Kholifa Estates, the plantation formerly owned by her grandfather. It is a place she remembers from childhood and which now belongs to her - if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years in between then and now are too many. So begins her gathering of the family s history through the tales of her aunts. This is the story of four lives: Asana, Mariama, Hawa and Serah Kholifa, born to the different wives of a wealthy plantation owner in an Africa where change is just beginning to arrive. Asana, lost twin and head-wife s daughter. Hawa, motherless child and manipulator of her own misfortune. Mariama, who sees what lies beyond this world. And Serah, follower of a Western-made dream. Stretching across generations and set against the backdrop of a country s descent into freefall, Ancestor Stones is a stunning novel about understanding the past, how stories ancient and new shape who we become and a different way of seeing the world we share. It is the story of a nation, a family and four women s attempts to alter quietly the course of their own destiny.…