The In-Between World of Vikram Lall Tapa dura - 2004

Paperback. Very Good.

Knopf, September 2004. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Light wear to boards and verso DJ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches; 384 pages

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 2004. September 2004. Knopf. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 140004216x. 373 pages. hardcover. Jacket photographs: (top) Untitled, 1962, by Malick Sidibe (detail), (middle) Borje Tobiasson (detail)/Panos Pictures. Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund . keywords: Literature Africa Tanzania. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In the midst of a violent and fearful climate of racist attitudes and calls for freedom, a diverse group of children meet and become friends in a small upcountry town. Eight-year-old Vic and his younger sister, Deepa, of Indian descent; Njoroge, an African boy; and British siblings Annie and Bill play all sorts of make-believe games reflecting the surrounding reality. When one day their innocent games are brought to a brutal conclusion, their world tumbles around them. Against the backdrop of a chaotic and changing Kenya, we follow Vic into an adulthood still shrouded by the fear in which his childhood ended. He is an ‘in-between man.' An Asian, he stands between… Leer más

Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004. Trade Paperback - VG - Book is clean and tight with light wear - ARC - First Edition - 370 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Knopf, 2004. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

A.A. Knopf, 2004. Pristine. M. G. Vassanji, author of The Book of Secrets, winner of the first Giller prize, brings us a novel that is rich in sensuous detail and political insight, and brilliantly captures the tyranny of history and memory, and questions one's role and responsibility in lawless times. Born in colonial Kenya, Vikram Lall comes of age at the same moment as the colony, which in 1953 is celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II even as the Mau Mau independence movement is challenging British rule. But while Kenya is being torn apart by idealism, doubt and violent political upheaval, Vic and his sister Deepa begin to search for their place in the world. Neither colonists nor African, neither white nor black, the Indian brother and sister find themselves somewhere in between in their band of playmates: Bill and Annie, British children, and Njoroge, an African boy. These are the friendships that will haunt the rest of their lives. We follow Vic from a changing Africa in the… Leer más