When a Crocodile Eats the Sun : A Memoir of Africa

English

ISBN: 0316018716

EAN: 9780316018715

Category: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural/Travel / Africa / South/Family & Relationships / Parenting / Fatherhood/Biography & Autobiography / General/Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers/

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Release Date: 04/02/2008

Synopsis: Hailed by reviewers as powerful, haunting and a tour de force of personal journalism,When A Crocodile Eats the Sunis the unforgettable story of one mans struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present. Award winning author and journalist Peter Godwin writes with pathos and intimacy about Zimbabwes spiral into chaos and, along with it, his familys steady collapse. This dramatic memoir is a searing portrait of unspeakable tragedy and exile, but it is also vivid proof of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love. In the tradition of Rian Malan and Philip Gourevitch, a deeply moving book about the unknowability of an Africa at once thrilling and grotesque. In elegant, elegiac prose, Godwin describes his fathers illness and death in Zimbabwe against the backdrop of Mugabes descent into tyranny. His parents waning and the countrys deterioration are entwined so that personal and political tragedy become inseparable, each more profound for the presence of the other -- Andrew Solomon, author ofThe Noonday Demon A fascinating, heartbreaking, deeply illuminating memoir that has the shape and feel of a superb novel. -Kurt Anderson, author ofHeydey

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books – null  American Library Association Notable Books – null 

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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun : A Memoir of Africa

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 12.03 oz

Pages: 368