The In-Between World Of Vikram Lall Paperback / softback
by M.G. Vassanji
Paperback / softback
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Sweeping in scope, both historically and geographically, Vassanji weaves a rich tapestry of vivid characters (real and imagined) in a Kenya poised between colonialism and independence. Vikram Lall, like his adopted country, inhabits an 'in-between world': between the pull of his ancestral home in India and the Kenya he loves passionately; between his tragic past in Africa and an unclear future in Canada; between escape from political terror and a seemingly inevitable return home . . . a return that may cost him dearly. A master storyteller, Vassanji intertwines the political and the personal - the rise of the Mau Mau in the last days of colonialism looms large over a plot centring on two love stories and a deep friendship.
The result is a sumptuous novel that brilliantly explores the tyranny of history and memory, and questions the individual's role and responsibility in lawless times.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Canongate Books
- Publication Date:02/06/2005
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- ISBN:9781841956060
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:Canongate Books
- Publication Date:02/06/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781841956060