Mandoa, Mandoa!
A Comedy of Irrelevance
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2000
Summary
‘One of the exciting books of this period … it strikes a wholly new note in the catalogue of books about Africa’ KIRKUS REVIEWS
Mandoa is a small African state: at its head a Virgin Princess, conceiving (immaculately) further princesses. The old traditions remain undisturbed until Mandoa’s Lord High Chamberlain, Safi Tala, visits Addis Ababa. There he discovers baths and cocktail shakers, motor cars and cutlery from Sheffield, telephones and handkerchiefs. In s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780860682516 |
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| ISBN-10: | 086068251X |
| Author: | Winifred Holtby |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 478g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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A unique book, one of the exciting books of this period, and one which has already created a sensation in England. It strikes a wholly new note in the catalogue of books about Africa, in books about anywhere, for that matter! * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby (1898-1935), journalist, critic, feminist, pacifist and author won the James Tait Black Memorial prize with South Riding, her last novel.
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