North of South
an african journey
$34.80
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
25 September 1996
Summary
North of South: A Journey Through a Continent on the Brink
In the 1970s, Shiva Naipaul embarked on a journey through Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. His aim was to understand the true meaning of ‘liberation’, ‘revolution’, and ‘socialism’ for the everyday people of Africa. This book brilliantly documents his experiences, encounters, and the places he visited, offering an intimate, comic, and controversial portrayal of a continent on the brink of change.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140188264 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140188266 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Author: | Shiva Naipaul |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 September 1996 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Shiva Naipaul
Shiva Naipaul was born in 1945 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was educated at Queen’s Royal College and St Mary’s College in Trinidad and at University College, Oxford. He married in 1967 and had one son. His books include Fireflies (1970), which won the Jock Campbell New Statesman Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and the Winifred Holtby Prize; North of South (1978), the story of his remarkable journey through Africa; Black and White (1980); A Hot Country (1983); and Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth: Stories and Pieces (1984).
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