Colonial Adventure and Other Stories - Couverture souple

Ackroyd, H Ann

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 145688137X ISBN 13 : 9781456881375

Editeur : Xlibris, Corp., 2011

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Colonial Adventure is a graphic novella written in rhythmic prose depicting a slice of British colonial history (1936—1977) as experienced by individuals on both sides of the racial conflict. It begins with a British couple who leave the sophistication of London to establish a large agricultural operation in what was then Southern Rhodesia, later Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe. With the rise of Black Nationalism, the black majority rebels leading to a brutal civil war that has a severe impact on the two families, one black and one white, whose lives the story follows. Of the shorter stories, also written in rhythmic prose, one concerns a female architect from Haiti, another a young boy abandoned at a country fair by his mother and a third addresses an over-reaction in the climate of fear surrounding Islam. The fourth story portrays an outrage committed against a teenager seeking to free herself from family domination, while the last tale is a dramatic monologue conducted by an African dictator.

Biographie de l'auteur

H. Ann Ackroyd was born and raised in southern Africa before moving to Europe as a teenager. Later she and her husband lived a number of years in Brazil before finally settling in Canada on the shores of Lake Erie.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris, Corp.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 145688137X
• ISBN 13: 9781456881375
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 154
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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