Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water

A Daughter's Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780006531265
• ISBN-10: 0006531261
• Artikelnr.: 22312572

Autorenporträt

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'.