Képgarancia: Alba Litera saját kép.
Alcím: Memories of an African Childhood
Író/Szerző: Elspeth Huxley
Kiadó: Pimlico
Kiadás éve: 1998
Oldalszám: 280
Kötés: Puhatáblás
Nyelv: Angol
Állapot: jó
ISBN: 0712666133
Méret: 13,5 cm x 21,5 cm
In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered—the hard way—the world of the African. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of humor, Huxley recalls her childhood on the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that was as harsh as it was beautiful. For a young girl, it was a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the beauty and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.
Mourning Ruby explores identity and maternal ties and is bestselling author Helen Dunmore's eighth novel. Rebecca was abandoned by her mother in a shoebox in the backyard of an Italian restaurant w...
Online ár:
2 800 Ft