Place Of Reeds - Couverture rigide

Davies, Caitlin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1846172713 ISBN 13 : 9781846172717

Editeur : Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2006

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Her moving story encompasses the spectrum of human emotion, and is hilarious and poignant in equal measure' WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY
'Devastating' EVENING STANDARD 01/06
'Davies's prose is elegant and spare, her descriptions of the landscape are evocative - you can feel the bite of dust in the back of your throat, the glare of the sun' SUNDAY TIMES
'Her book is candid and unsentimental: her writing is well paced and she has a particular gift for catching an individual's physical presence . . . the reader admires a brave woman' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'Often funny and insightful and the prose crisp and evocative' FT magazine 23/7
'The biggest turning point in her life came when a man broke into her home and raped her. At this point the gap between our own responses and those around her became a chasm, nowhere more painfully apparent than when her adopted daughter complained that the 12-year sentence given to her rapist was too harsh . . . Davies certainly suffered for her African years and eloquently describes that suffering' SPECTATOR 13/8
'Davies fell in love with Ron and a graduate student, and later moved to his homeland of Botswana. She embraces his family, but struggles to understand their traditions and accept their hierarchies. As editor of the local newspaper, her investigations of exploited Kalahari bushmen, political corruption and poorly handled rape cases make her a target for legal persecution. A violent attack in front of her baby and the brutal response of Ron's family leave the author wrestling with her new African identity . . . The romantic titles belies an unflinching account of how cultural and personal bonds are established, and far more painfully ruptured' Sunday Times 10/9

Présentation de l'éditeur

Caitlin Davies was in her twenties and studying in America when she met and fell in love with the enigmatic Ron. When Ron returns to his home in Botswana, Caitlin secures a teaching job in his village and the two begin their life together. Eager to absorb all that Setswanan culture has to offer, Caitlin endures the privations of poverty and the rigidity of the matriarchal family structure; she makes her home in Africa. But the Botswana of the 1990s is changing. AIDS and urbanization have taken their toll, violence is on the increase. When Caitlin is raped and stabbed, with her child in her arms, the family closes rank and she is ostracized by the very people she had grown to love; blamed for - and shamed by - a terrible act of violence visited upon her. This is a story about the clash of cultures, the inflexibility of beliefs and traditions. A story about women; about Caitlin and her daughter Ruby, and about Eliah and Madintwa - Ron's formidable mother and grandmother. Most of all. it's a story about one woman's courage, resiliance - and ultimately survival.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1846172713
• ISBN 13: 9781846172717
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 616
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible