Brazzaville Beach (Foam Book)
by:
William Boyd (author)
Hope Clearwater lives on an African beach reassessing the complicated, violent and tragic events which have occurred in her life'..(Quote from back cover)
Hope Clearwater lives on an African beach reassessing the complicated, violent and tragic events which have occurred in her life'..(Quote from back cover)
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Format: Foam Book
ISBN:
9780141044194 (0141044195)
Publish date: October 27th 2009
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary
Here's where I'll probably stop, page 244.Finding this book was a marvelous and strange coincidence. It was one of two or three English books from a lonely, hodgepodge street seller at a quite remote metro stop in Sofia, Bulgaria. It's lucky and strange that I found this fictional reminder that alle...
A good, solid 3 1/2 stars. I especially enjoyed the structure of the narrative. 2 parts in the past, one part in the present. All intertwined, all connected. Hope, stands tall and strong throughout the novel. She knows she is adrift personally and professionally and doesn't try to lie to herself abo...
Hope Clearwater reflects on her life, while she studies wild chimpanzees in Africa. Award-winning novel read by Fiona Shaw.
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