Across the bridge / Mwangi Gicheru

Public ISBD Titre : Across the bridge Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Mwangi Gicheru, Auteur Editeur : Nairobi [Kenya] : Longhorn Publishers Année de publication : 1979 Collection : Sasa Sema publicaations Importance : iv, 176 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 19 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-49-785-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Afrique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains kenyans -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Before I met Caroline, I had never dreamt of achieving anything beyond a bicycle and probably a tin-roofed slum. Now I was thinking of cars, bungalow, servants and whatever else Caroline missed by changing sides..." But for a poor house-boy who has fallen in love with the beautiful daughter of his civil-servant master, the path to riches is not easy. In desperation Chuma moves from petty crime to a world of gangsters. It is only after much heartache on both sides that the two loves are united. Across the bridge [texte imprimé] / Mwangi Gicheru, Auteur . - Nairobi [Kenya] : Longhorn Publishers, 1979 . - iv, 176 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 19 cm. - (Sasa Sema publicaations) . ISSN : 978-9966-49-785-4 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Afrique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Écrivains kenyans -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Before I met Caroline, I had never dreamt of achieving anything beyond a bicycle and probably a tin-roofed slum. Now I was thinking of cars, bungalow, servants and whatever else Caroline missed by changing sides..." But for a poor house-boy who has fallen in love with the beautiful daughter of his civil-servant master, the path to riches is not easy. In desperation Chuma moves from petty crime to a world of gangsters. It is only after much heartache on both sides that the two loves are united.

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Before the rooster crows / Peter Kimani

Public ISBD Titre : Before the rooster crows Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter Kimani Editeur : Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers Année de publication : 2002 Collection : Peak library Importance : viii, 174 p. Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-25-155-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Écrivain kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Before the Rooster Crows is a physical and psychological journey of Munuki, a village dweller in pursuit of his cherished desires--a lucrative job and Mumbi, his childhood girlfriend. However, his dream of a blissful future in the capital city, Gichuka, turns out to be a nightmarish search as he comes face to face with the vicissitudes of this world. With a deft hand, the author peels layer after layer of social malaise, economic dire straits and political subterfuge to reveal a gripping tragedy that provides harp snapshots of contemporary Africa. Before the rooster crows [texte imprimé] / Peter Kimani . - Nairobi [Kenya] : East African Educational Publishers, 2002 . - viii, 174 p. ; 21 cm. - (Peak library) . ISBN : 978-9966-25-155-8 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Écrivain kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Before the Rooster Crows is a physical and psychological journey of Munuki, a village dweller in pursuit of his cherished desires--a lucrative job and Mumbi, his childhood girlfriend. However, his dream of a blissful future in the capital city, Gichuka, turns out to be a nightmarish search as he comes face to face with the vicissitudes of this world. With a deft hand, the author peels layer after layer of social malaise, economic dire straits and political subterfuge to reveal a gripping tragedy that provides harp snapshots of contemporary Africa.

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Black ghosts / Ken N. Kamoche

Public ISBD Titre : Black ghosts Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Ken N. Kamoche Mention d'édition : 2e éd Année de publication : 2015, c2013 Importance : xiv, 398 p. Présentation : couv. ill. en coul. Format : 21 cm ISBN/ISSN/EAN : 978-9966-56-023-0 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Chine -- Étudiants africains -- Fiction ; Écrivain kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Zimbabwe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Zimbabwéens -- Chine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easygoing manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother's expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan's troubles with the 'Campus Gestapo', loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe's war vets.Black Ghosts is inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little-known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (4e de la couv.) Black ghosts [texte imprimé] / Ken N. Kamoche  . -  2e éd . - 2015, c2013 . - xiv, 398 p. : couv. ill. en coul. ; 21 cm. ISBN : 978-9966-56-023-0 Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Chine -- Étudiants africains -- Fiction ; Écrivain kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Littérature africaine en anglais ; Littérature africaine en anglais -- Écrivains kenyans ; Littérature kenyane -- 20e siècle ; Roman kenyan -- 20e siècle ; Zimbabwe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. ; Zimbabwéens -- Chine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Index. décimale : F Fiction Résumé : Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easygoing manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother's expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan's troubles with the 'Campus Gestapo', loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe's war vets.Black Ghosts is inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little-known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square Massacre. (4e de la couv.)

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