Patchwork

Banda-Aaku, Ellen

ISBN 10: 1035900459 / ISBN 13: 9781035900459

Verlag: Apollo, 2024

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00084041903

Inhaltsangabe:

Winner of the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. In this coming-of-age novel, acclaimed author Ellen Banda-Aaku offers an exploration into the effects of stigma, class, and family dynamics in 1970s Zambia.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Ellen Banda-Aaku is a Zambian author and producer for radio drama and film. She was born in the UK in 1965 and grew up in Zambia, Africa.

Her first children's book, Wandi's Little Voice, won the Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa in 2004. In 2007, Banda-Aaku also won the Commonwealth Short Story competition with her short story, 'Sozi's Box'.

Patchwork, published in 2011, is her first adult novel. It won the Penguin Prize for African Writing and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2012. Her short stories have since been published in anthologies in Australia, South Africa, the UK and the US.

She currently lives in the UK with her children.

You can find out more by visiting ellenbandaaaku.com

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Patchwork
Verlag: Apollo
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good