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The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo: A Novel - Livre de poche par Orner, Peter - BON
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780316066334
- Book Title
- Second Coming of MAVALA Shikongo : a Novel
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Romance / Multicultural & Interracial, Cultural Heritage, General, Literary
- Item Weight
- 11.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316066338
ISBN-13
9780316066334
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57097050
Product Key Features
Book Title
Second Coming of MAVALA Shikongo : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Romance / Multicultural & Interracial, Cultural Heritage, General, Literary
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
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Reviews
"Lyrical, comical, full-blown . . . A gifted short-story writer gives us his first booklength work of fiction, and does so with flair and panache."-- Alan Cheuse , Chicago Tribune, "A starvation diary about desire, with as much sexual tension as a bodicebuster? Orner hits the right notes and no others."-- Mark Schone, New York Times Book Revew, Peter Orner's debut reads like a perfectly formed masterpiece of such idiosyncratic voice and story that I can't imagine my shelves now without it., "Mavala Shikongo is one of the most deftly rendered and unforgettable characters in recent fiction. The men of Goas fall in love with her and the reader is helpless, too--she is a revolution unto herself. Orner's book is always elegant and always true, and its wistful and even hallucinatory mood haunts the mind for months after finishing it."-- Dave Eggers, "A starvation diary about desire, with as much sexual tension as a bodicebuster? Orner hits the right notes and no others."-- Mark Schone , New York Times Book Revew, A starvation diary about desire, with as much sexual tension as a bodicebuster? Orner hits the right notes and no others., Mavala Shikongo is one of the most deftly rendered and unforgettable characters in recent fiction. The men of Goas fall in love with her and the reader is helpless, too--she is a revolution unto herself. Orner's book is always elegant and always true, and its wistful and even hallucinatory mood haunts the mind for months after finishing it., "Lyrical, comical, full-blown . . . A gifted short-story writer gives us his first booklength work of fiction, and does so with flair and panache."-- Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune, "Peter Orner's debut reads like a perfectly formed masterpiece of such idiosyncratic voice and story that I can't imagine my shelves now without it."-- Alexandra Fuller, author of, Lyrical, comical, full-blown . . . A gifted short-story writer gives us his first booklength work of fiction, and does so with flair and panache.
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that "even the baboons feel sorry for us." Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the stories they tell each other. The book's central character is Mavala Shikongo, a combat veteran who fought in Namibia's long war for independence against South Africa. She has recently returned to the school -- with a child, but no husband. Mavala is modern, restless, and driven, in sharp contrast to conservative Goas. All the male teachers (including a bumbling but observant volunteer from Cincinnati) try not to fall in love with her. Everyone fails -- immediately and miserably. This extraordinary first novel explores the history of a place through the stories of its people. But above all it's about the fleetingness of love and the endurance of fellowship., When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at the boys' school in Goas weren't surprised. How could they be? She was too beautiful, too powerful, and too mysterious for their tiny, remote, and arid world. They knew only one essential fact about their departed colleague: she was a combat veteran of Namibia's brutal war for independence. When Mavala returns to Goas with a baby son, all are awed by her boldness. The teachers try hard, once again, not to fall in love with her. They fail, immediately and miserably, especially the American volunteer, Larry Kaplanski., This utterly original debut novel from the prizewinning author of "Esther Stories" takes a young American to a school in Africa, where he falls for a woman of far deeper experience.
LC Classification Number
PS3615.R58
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