The Devil That Danced on the Water - A Daughter's Memoir

Zusatztext An intimate and moving memoir of a family and a nation. - 'This is a bookof quite extraordinary power and beauty' FERGAL KEANE Informationen zum Autor Aminatta Forna is a former BBC reporter and has presented on various political and current affair programmes. She is a contributor to several newspapers including the Independent and The Sunday Times. 'The Devil that Danced on Water' was a runner-up for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2003 and she has acted as judge for various awards including the MacMillan African Writer's Prize and the Samuel Johnson Prize. Her most recent novel is 'Ancestor Stones'. Klappentext An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Zusammenfassung An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.

Product details

• Authors: Aminatta Forna, Forna Aminatta
• Publisher: Flamingo
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2003
• EAN: 9780006531265
• ISBN: 978-0-00-653126-5
• No. of pages: 402
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Autobiography: general, Sierra Leone, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Scotland, HISTORY / Africa / West, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Life;Journey;Story