Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

A one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature Coming at a time when Africa and...
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Author: Rob Spillman
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Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing by Spillman, Rob

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

$42.26

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

$42.26
Author: Rob Spillman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature

Coming at a time when Africa and African writers are in the midst of a remarkable renaissance, Gods and Soldiers captures the vitality and urgency of African writing today. With stories from northern Arabic-speaking to southern Zulu-speaking writers, this collection conveys thirty different ways of approaching what it means to be African. Whether about life in the new urban melting pots of Cape Town and Luanda, or amid the battlefield chaos of Zimbabwe and Somalia, or set in the imaginary surreal landscapes born out of the oral storytelling tradition, these stories represent a striking cross section of extraordinary writing. Including works by J. M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Chinua Achebe, and edited by Rob Spillman of Tin House magazine, Gods and Soldiers features many pieces never before published, making it a vibrant and essential glimpse of Africa as it enters the twenty-first century.

Author: Rob Spillman
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.52w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9780143114734
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/23/2009 pg. 48
Booklist 04/15/2009 pg. 15
Library Journal 04/15/2009 pg. 91
Essence 06/01/2009 pg. 52
Vanity Fair 08/01/2009 pg. 62

About the Author
Rob Spillman is the editor of the literary magazine Tin House, and executive editor of Tin House Books. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Spin, the New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, and many other publications, as well as in a literary blog for the Huffington Post. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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