Close Sesame
Close Sesame

Author: Nuruddin Farah

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Farah's landmarkVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised by the novels Sweet and Sour Milk, Sardines, and Close Sesame. In this volume, the third and final book in the series, the characters are deeply entwined in the waking nightmare of a police state. An old man finds himself poised in mortal combat with an elusive and cunning enemy in an atmosphere where the distinction between public and private justice is always obscured. Close Sesame is a novel that offers "an eloquent indictment of the tyrannies committed both under Islamic law and in the name of Socialism" (The Observer).

Emerging Perspectives on Nuruddin Farah
Emerging Perspectives on Nuruddin Farah

Author: Derek Wright

Publisher: Africa World Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 9780865439191

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The first critical anthology of its kind, this is an in-depth look at Somalia's internationally acclaimed and award-winning novelist, Farah - one of Africa's most multilingual and multi-literal writers. Although since his exile in 1974 he has been influenced by many cultural trends from around the world, his writing is still very firmly rooted in the African continent which he has made his base since 1981.

Fiction of Imperialism
Fiction of Imperialism

Author: Philip Darby

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1998-05-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0826420591

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The Fiction of Imperialism attempts to promote dialogue between international relations and postcolonialism. It addresses the value of fiction to an inderstanding of the imperial relationship between the West and Asia and Africa. A wide range of fiction and crisicism is examined as it pertains to colonialism, the North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics. The book begins by contrasting the treatment of cross-cultural relations in political studies and literary texts. It then examines the personal as a metaphor for the political in fiction depicting the imperial connection between Britain and India. This is paired with an analysis of African literary texts, which takes as its theme the relationship between culture and politics. The concluding chapters approach literature from the outside, considering its apparent silence on economics and realpolitik and assessing the utility of postcolonial reconceptualisations

Otherness and Pathology
Otherness and Pathology

Author: Andrew Nyongesa

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2021-12-24

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1779272642

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Scholars have problematized otherness and madness in diverse ways. There are those who hold that otherness is madness in itself of which leading voices are Michel Foucault and Gregory Reid. Other scholars contradict these voices and single out madness as a clinical condition that arises from strands of othering such as political, gender, class, age and racial. Frantz Fanon is the leading voice of this school of thought that demonstrates how othering destroys the psyche of the marginalised groups. This book extends Fanon's thesis with regard to madness in selected works of African fiction. Whereas Fanon stops at conceptualisation of the nexus between othering and madness, in this book, the authors incorporate the fragmented self, which is equally disabling.

Children ́s Literature
Children ́s Literature

Author: Charles Madison Clippinger, Erle Elsworth Curry

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 1098

ISBN-13: 3734031931

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Reproduction of the original: Children ́s Literature by Charles Madison Curry, Erle Elsworth Clippinger

The Secret of the Ages: And Other Essential Works
The Secret of the Ages: And Other Essential Works

Author: Robert Collier

Publisher: St. Martin's Essentials

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 1250845289

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Achieve prosperity and success through the incredible power of the human mind Robert Collier taught millions of people how to build a life of more—more success, more achievement, more prosperity—by tapping into the limitless power of the human mind. Born in 1885, Collier’s writing was a key part of the New Thought movement. The Secret of the Ages: And Other Essential Works contains three of Collier’s most powerful books combined in one volume: The Secret of the Ages Riches Within Your Reach The Secret of Gold The Secret of the Ages is part of The Library of Spiritual Wisdom, a beautifully-designed series of curated classics written by some of the greatest spiritual teachers of all time. With books covering topics ranging from prosperity and motivation to the occult and metaphysical thought, The Library of Spiritual Wisdom is a definitive collection of texts from some of the most revolutionary thought leaders of the last two centuries and belongs on the shelves of home libraries everywhere.

The polemics of Ageing as reflected in Literatures. Essays on Ageing in Literature and Interviews with Vikram Chandra, James Halperin, Doris Lessing, Zadies Smith and Terri-ann White
The polemics of Ageing as reflected in Literatures. Essays on Ageing in Literature and Interviews with Vikram Chandra, James Halperin, Doris Lessing, Zadies Smith and Terri-ann White

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Publisher: Universitat de Lleida

Published:

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 8484094987

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El envejecimiento no es sólo un proceso biomédico, sino también social, económico, psicológico, político y cultural. Las representaciones literarias del envejecimiento contribuyen a entender aspectos como el miedo a la decrepitud, la pérdida de creatividad o la muerte, las relaciones intergeneracionales y la sostenibilidad de la calidad de vida. En el libro, escritores y académicos discuten temas de vital importancia para nuestras sociedades actuales con artículos y entrevistas que reflejan actitudes positivas hacia el proceso en que todos estamos implicados.