Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Summary: The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GURBarnes, Steven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aspect/Warner Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARBennett, Robert Jackson
Summary: "A generation ago, the city of Voortyashtan was the stronghold of the god of war and death, the birthplace of fearsome supernatural sentinels who killed and subjugated millions. Now, the city's god is dead. The city itself lies in ruins. And to its new military occupiers, the once-powerful capital is a wasteland of sectarian violence and bloody uprisings. So it makes perfect sense that General...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2016
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1 available in Adult- Fantasy, Call number: Fantasy Bennett 2016Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P BENMagee, Audrey
Summary: It is the summer of 1979. An English painter travels to a small island off the west coast of Ireland. Mr. Lloyd takes the last leg by currach, though boats with engines are available and he doesn't much like the sea. He wants the authentic experience, to be changed by this place, to let its quiet and light fill him, give him room to create. He doesn't know that a Frenchman follows close behind....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022