My Mother's Lovers

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Once it seemed to Kathleen Healey that Africa was empty and all of it belonged to her. An aviator, big-game hunter, and knitting devotee who once boxed three rounds with Ernest Hemingway in a Kenyan gym, she would land her plane wherever and whenever she chose. She was free with her favors, too, and her multitude of lovers came from all over the world. In this lyrical and taut novel, the highly acclaimed writer and Man Booker Prize finalist Christopher Hope moves back and forth in time to portray the moving story of the past fifty years of white presence in South Africa--from the start of apartheid to the surprising events of the past decade. Bitingly funny, inventive, and peopled with a fantastic cast of characters, My Mother's Lovers is an epic tragicomedy, fierce and radiant as our enduring romance with Africa.

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Author:   Christopher Hope
Publisher:   Grove Press
Imprint:   Grove Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780802118509

ISBN 10:   080211850
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   10 August 2007
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In stock at warehouse  
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A deceptive kind of masterpiece. Wonderful on the matter of human belonging and tribal instinct, terrific on the whole subject of the European penetration of Africa, but most impressive on the South Africa of our times. -- Jan Morris

A deceptive kind of masterpiece. Wonderful on the matter of human belonging and tribal instinct, terrific on the whole subject of the European penetration of Africa, but most impressive on the South Africa of our times. -- Jan Morris

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