The In-between World Of Vikram Lall - Rilegato

Vassanji, M. G.

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ISBN 10: 140004216X ISBN 13: 9781400042166

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004

Riassunto

In 1953 Kenya, as the world celebrates the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the lives of a group of friends--two children of Indian descent, an African boy, and two young British siblings--are forever transformed by the growing violence of the Mau Mau uprising against British rule and a guerrilla raid that hits shockingly close to their home.

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“Tautly written . . . The book admirably captures the tenor of the postcolonial period: the predicament of the Asian minority, the corruption that marred Kenya’s fledgling independence, and the individual tragedies that were the cost of the revolution.”
–The New Yorker

“Vassanji has a clear sense of how cruelly individuals get battered when the taking of sides is required. In an ever-more-polarized world, his insights about the “in-between” condition become more compelling by the moment.”
–Seattle Times

“Brilliantly written and deeply felt, it is a resonant family novel that is also a brutally honest portrayal of the last half century of tumultuous Kenyan history . . . Vassanji displays his great gifts; this beautiful novel, which unfolds with intimacy and an inexorable sense of destiny, is proof that fictional truth can illuminate an epoch in history like nothing else.”
–Boston Globe

“A political panorama understood as a landscape of the heart. Love and loss are what endure for Vikram Lall, and Vassanji explores them with all the tact of a true literary power. Gorgeous and heart-rending glimpses of Africa permeate the book . . . the author leaves us, as all fine writers do, with the shred of hope held out by their own wise and forgiving narrative.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Vassanji, who was the 2003 winner of Canada’s Giller Prize, explores a conflict of epic proportions from the perspective of a man trapped in “the perilous in-between,” writing with a deftness and evenhandedness that distinguish him as a diligent student of political and historical complexities and a riveting storyteller.”
–Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Born and raised in East Africa, Vassanji describes in spare but resonant prose the depressing realities of post-colonial Africa in telling the story of a man whose life is blighted by the times . . . A bleak but affecting portrait of loss by a master writer come fully into his own.”
–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Vikram is appealing, despite the supple manipulations of power and his outright thievery. He sees the world with a piercing clarity, and Vassanji’s language has that same clarity and an additional grandeur, almost as if the sentences themselves could mimic the extraordinary African landscape. This is a novel of elegant gesture, complex understanding, bright passion, and historical pain.”
–O: The Oprah Magazine

“Finely drawn . . . an ambitious and enthralling work.”
–The Times Literary Supplement

“The In-Between World is a good example of how the post-colonial novel should be written . . . This is the work of a writer at the top of his form.”
–The Guardian

“It is part of Vassanji’s great talent to demonstrate that the minor changes–unexpected love, sex, accusations–in the life of a very modest man are, in fact, transformations of history.”–The Globe and Mail

“This novel is one of the most satisfying you will come across in a season that is quickly shaping up to be stellar. Apart from the sheer enjoyment of the story is its subtle, deliberate relevance . . . What Vassanji does wonderfully well, with zero hectoring and unsettling calm, is describe the race-relations in post-colonial, multi-cultural societies . . . The best thing in this glorious book is its textured braid of Indian and African cultures. It’s the reason this novel is both a gripping story and an enduring historical document.”
–National Post

“With The In-Between World of Vikram Lall, Vassanji lives up to his lofty reputation. The book’s epic spread is both impressive and poetic, a good read that will leave most readers not only satisfied but eager to pursue the novel’s historical perplexities . . . It is a remarkable, readable, mind-numbing tale, full of intriguing African lore.”
–London Free Press

“Wonderful . . . a powerful and compelling novel.”
–Edmonton Journal

L'autore:

M.G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended M.I.T., and later was writer in residence at the University of Iowa. Vassanji is the author of four acclaimed novels: The Gunny Sack (1989), which won a regional Commonwealth Prize; No New Land (1991); The Book of Secrets (1994), which won the very first Giller Prize; and Amriika (1999). He was awarded the Harbourfront Festival Prize in 1994 in recognition of his achievement in and contribution to the world of letters, and was in the same year chosen as one of twelve Canadians on Maclean’s Honour Roll.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 140004216X
• ISBN 13: 9781400042166
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 369