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Paula Nangle
ISBN: 9781934137062
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Bellevue Literary Press
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For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late 20-century African life.
""The Leper Compound" will . . . remain with the reader long after the book has been closed."--Stuart Dybek, author of "I Sailed with Magellan" For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia's final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late-twentieth-century African life. Paula Nangle was raised by missionaries in the United States and southern Africa and now lives in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is her first novel.
| ISBN | 1934137065 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9781934137062
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Bellevue Literary Press | | Weight (grammes) | 240 | | Imprint | Bellevue Literary Press | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 211 | | Publication date | 03 Jan 2008 | | Width (mm) | 167 | | Library of Congress | 2007034592 | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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