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The Zanzibar Chest: A Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands
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Hardcover
1 edition from Atlantic Monthly Pr (July 1, 2003)
9780871138712 | details & prices | 320 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Recounts the author's childhood in Africa, his experiences as a reporter, and his family's history as colonists in British settlements, examining the legacy colonialism left on their lives and on the lives of those they encountered.
About: Recounts the author's childhood in Africa, his experiences as a reporter, and his family's history as colonists in British settlements, examining the legacy colonialism left on their lives and on the lives of those they encountered.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Riverhead Books (August 1, 2004); titled "The Zanzibar Chest: a Story of Life, Love, and Death in Foreign Lands"
9781594480119 | details & prices | 479 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $16.00
About: An epic narrative of the journalist who worked in Africa in the 1990s describes his childhood as the son of a British colonial officer; his witness to genocidal activities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo; and his discovery of a missing family friend's journals.
About: An epic narrative of the journalist who worked in Africa in the 1990s describes his childhood as the son of a British colonial officer; his witness to genocidal activities in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo; and his discovery of a missing family friend's journals.