When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa - Couverture rigide

Godwin, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316158941 ISBN 13 : 9780316158947

Editeur : Little, Brown and Company, 2007

Synopsis

Physical description; 341 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Godwin, Peter 1957. Family secrets - Zimbabwe - Case studies. Fathers and sons - Zimbabwe - Case studies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the
jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years.
Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world.
WHEN A CROCODILE EATS THE SUN is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Godwin is an award winning author and journalist. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, he studied law and international relations at Cambridge and Oxford. He worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa and Eastern Europe for The Sunday Times of London. He was founding presenter and writer of Assignment/Correspondent, BBC TV's premier foreign affairs program. He now lives in Manhattan and contributes regularly to National Geographic, New York Times magazine, and BBC Radio, among others.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Little, Brown and Company
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0316158941
• ISBN 13: 9780316158947
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 352