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The Granta book of the African short story / edited and with an introduction by Helon Habila.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Granta Books, 2011.Description: xv, 378 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1847082475
  • 1847084133
  • 9781847082473
  • 9781847084132
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Contents:
The arrangers of marriage / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Faeries of the Nile / Mansoura Ez-Eldin -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry -- Dancing to the jazz goblin and his rhythm / Brian Chikwava -- Promenade / Henrietta Rose-Innes -- An Ex-mas feast / Uwem Akpan -- Ships in high transit / Binyavanga Wainaina -- The moustached man / Patrice Nganang -- A good soldier / Maaza Mengiste -- Préférence nationale / Fatou Diome -- Homecoming / Laila Lalami -- Street of the house of wonders / Rachida el-Charni -- Bumsters / E.C. Osondu -- Passion / Doreen Baingana -- The fugitive / Alain Mabanckou -- Haywards Heath / Aminatta Forna -- Missing out / Leila Aboulela -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The centre of the world / George Makana Clark -- Propaganda by monuments / Ivan Vladislavić -- Mme Zitta Mendès, a last image / Alaa Al Aswany -- An unexpected death / Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa -- The homecoming / Milly Jafta -- Oxford, black Oxford / Dambudzo Marechera -- You can't get lost in Cape Town / Zoë Wicomb -- Cages / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The last bordello / Manuel Rui -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Slipper satin / Alex La Guma.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 823.0108 G763 Available 33111005362435
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The Granta Book of the African Short Story introduces a group of African writers described by its editor, Helon Habila, as 'the post-nationalist generation'. Presenting a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent - from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya - Habila has focused on younger, newer writers, contrasted with some of their older, more established peers, to give a fascinating picture of a new and more liberated Africa.

Disdaining the narrowly nationalist and political preoccupations of previous generations, these writers are characterized by their engagement with the wider world and the opportunities offered by the internet, the end of apartheid, the end of civil wars and dictatorships, and the possibilities of free movement around the world. Many of them live outside Africa. Their work is inspired by travel and exile. They are liberated, global and expansive. As Dambudzo Marechera wrote: 'If you're a writer for a specific nation or specific race, then f*** you."" These are the stories of a new Africa, punchy, self-confident and defiant.
Includes stories by:
Rachida el-Charni; Henrietta Rose-Innes; George Makana Clark; Ivan Vladislavic; Mansoura Ez-Eldin; Fatou Diome; Aminatta Forna; Manuel Rui; Patrice Nganang; Leila Aboulela; Zoe Wicomb; Alaa Al Aswany; Doreen Baingana; E.C. Osondu

The arrangers of marriage / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Faeries of the Nile / Mansoura Ez-Eldin -- Stickfighting days / Olufemi Terry -- Dancing to the jazz goblin and his rhythm / Brian Chikwava -- Promenade / Henrietta Rose-Innes -- An Ex-mas feast / Uwem Akpan -- Ships in high transit / Binyavanga Wainaina -- The moustached man / Patrice Nganang -- A good soldier / Maaza Mengiste -- Préférence nationale / Fatou Diome -- Homecoming / Laila Lalami -- Street of the house of wonders / Rachida el-Charni -- Bumsters / E.C. Osondu -- Passion / Doreen Baingana -- The fugitive / Alain Mabanckou -- Haywards Heath / Aminatta Forna -- Missing out / Leila Aboulela -- Why don't you carve other animals / Yvonne Vera -- The centre of the world / George Makana Clark -- Propaganda by monuments / Ivan Vladislavić -- Mme Zitta Mendès, a last image / Alaa Al Aswany -- An unexpected death / Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa -- The homecoming / Milly Jafta -- Oxford, black Oxford / Dambudzo Marechera -- You can't get lost in Cape Town / Zoë Wicomb -- Cages / Abdulrazak Gurnah -- The last bordello / Manuel Rui -- The eyes of the statue / Camara Laye -- Slipper satin / Alex La Guma.

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