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The Granta Book of the African Short Story - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Dambudzo Marechera, Leila Aboulela, Aminatta Forna, Alain Mabanckou, Camara Laye, Alaa Al Aswany, Laila Lalami, Doreen Baingana, Alex La Guma, Zoe Wicomb, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Yvonne Vera, Helon Habila, Ivan Vladislavić, Fatou D
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
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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'. Introducing a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent - from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya - Habila has focused... show more
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'. Introducing a diverse and dazzling collection from all over the continent - from Morocco to Zimbabwe, Uganda to Kenya - Habila has focused on younger, newer writers, interspersed 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 write for a particular nation, or tribe, 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 Clarke; Ivan Vladislavik; Mansoura Ez Eldin; Rogerio Mandjate; Aminatta Forna; Igoni Barrett; Patrice Nganang; Leila Aboulela; Petina Gappah; Ala Al-Aswany; Doreen Baingana; EC Osondu
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781847082473 (1847082475)
Publisher: Granta Books
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
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