A one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature
Coming at a time when Africa and African writers are in the midst of a remarkable renaissance, Gods and Soldiers captures the vitality and urgency of African writing today. With stories from northern Arabic-speaking to southern Zulu-speaking writers, this collection conveys thirty different ways of approaching what it means to be African. Whether about life in the new urban melting pots of Cape Town and Luanda, or amid the battlefield chaos of Zimbabwe and Somalia, or set in the imaginary surreal landscapes born out of the oral storytelling tradition, these stories represent a striking cross section of extraordinary writing. Including works by J. M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Chinua Achebe, and edited by Rob Spillman of Tin House magazine, Gods and Soldiers features many pieces never before published, making it a vibrant and essential glimpse of Africa as it enters the twenty-first century.
Edited by:
Rob Spillman
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 316g
ISBN: 9780143114734
ISBN 10: 0143114735
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 April 2009
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Acknowledgments Introduction by Rob Spillman Map of Africa West Africa Nonfiction Chinua Achebe ♦ Nigeria ""The African Writer and the English Language"" Fiction Helon Habila ♦ Nigeria ""Lomba"" Mohammed Naseehu Ali ♦ Ghana ""The Manhood Test"" Chris Abani ♦ Nigeria from Becoming Abigail E. C. Osondu ♦ Nigeria ""Voice of America"" Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ♦ Nigeria from Half of a Yelllow Sun Francophone Africa Nonfiction Patrice Nganang ♦ Cameroon ""The Senghor Complex"" Fiction Alain Mabanckou ♦Republic of Congo from Broken Glass Fatou Diome ♦ Senegal from The Belly of the Atlantic Boubacar Boris Diop ♦ Senegal from Murambi, The Book of Bones North Africa Nonfiction Laila Lalami ♦ Morocco ""The Politics of Reading"" Fiction Nawal El Saadawi ♦ Egypt from Woman at Point Zero Mohamed Magani ♦ Algeria from The Butcher's Aesthetic Aziz Chouaki ♦ Algeria from The Star of Algiers Leila Aboulela ♦ Sudan ""Souvenirs"" East Africa Nonfiction Binyavanga Wainaina ♦ Kenya from Discovering Home Fiction Ngugi wa Thiong'o ♦ Kenya from Wizard of the Crow Doreen Baingana ♦ Uganda ""Christianity Killed the Cat"" Nuruddin Farah ♦ Somalia from Knots Abdourahman A. Waberi ♦ Djibouti from The United States of Africa Former Portuguese Colonies Nonfiction Mia Couto ♦ Mozambique ""Languages We Don't Know We Know"" Fiction Ondjaki ♦ Angola ""Dragonfly"" Jose Eduardo Agualusa ♦ Angola from The Book of Chameleons Southern Africa Nonfiction J. M. Coetzee ♦ South Africa ""The Memoirs of Breyten Breytenbach"" Fiction Yvonne Vera ♦ Zimbabwe ""Dead Swimmers"" Niq Mhlongo ♦ South Africa from Dog Eat Dog Nadine Gordimer ♦ South Africa ""A Beneficiary"" Marlene van Niekerk ♦ South Africa from Agaat Zakes Mda ♦ South Africa from Ways of Dying Ivan Vladislavic ♦ South Africa ""The WHITES ONLY Bench"" Biographical Notes"
Rob Spillman is the editor of the literary magazineTin House, and executive editor of Tin House Books. His writing has appeared inVanity Fair,Spin,theNew York Times Book Review,Bookforum, and many other publications, as well as in a literary blog for theHuffington Post.He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
