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Beschreibung
"The Magic of Saida is the sort of novel that, upon finishing, one wants to immediately read again, to examine, to study just how Vasssanji works his narrative magic, and to allow oneself to savour it just that little bit longer." -The Globe and Mail

From Giller Prize-winner M. G. Vassanji comes the story of Kamal Punja, son of an African mother and an Indian father, who has been living in Canada for forty years. Despite his material wealth, Kamal finds himself longing for the place of his birth-Africa-and of a girl there he once loved. As a child he was certain that Saida-granddaughter of a great Swahili poet and his constant companion-would become his future wife, but when he was just eleven Kamal's mother sent him to live with his estranged father's family in India. Now, decades later, Kamal journeys back to the village he left-to confront his long-unresolved racial identity and the nightmarish legacy of a broken promise.
"The Magic of Saida is the sort of novel that, upon finishing, one wants to immediately read again, to examine, to study just how Vasssanji works his narrative magic, and to allow oneself to savour it just that little bit longer." -The Globe and Mail

From Giller Prize-winner M. G. Vassanji comes the story of Kamal Punja, son of an African mother and an Indian father, who has been living in Canada for forty years. Despite his material wealth, Kamal finds himself longing for the place of his birth-Africa-and of a girl there he once loved. As a child he was certain that Saida-granddaughter of a great Swahili poet and his constant companion-would become his future wife, but when he was just eleven Kamal's mother sent him to live with his estranged father's family in India. Now, decades later, Kamal journeys back to the village he left-to confront his long-unresolved racial identity and the nightmarish legacy of a broken promise.
Über den Autor
M.G. VASSANJI won the Giller Prize for The Book of Secrets and The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, and the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for A Place Within: Rediscovering India. His novel The Assassin's Song was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. Most recently, his novel Nostalgia was a finalist in Canada Reads 2017.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe, Krimis & Thriller
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780385667159
ISBN-10: 0385667159
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vassanji, M. G.
Hersteller: Doubleday Canada
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 135 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: M. G. Vassanji
Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2013
Gewicht: 0,413 kg
Artikel-ID: 131620112