Thomas Bruckner Libros

Ivan Vladislavic´ entwirft in seinem gefeierten Werk ein unterhaltsames und tiefgründiges Porträt von Johannesburg und dem neuen Südafrika. Mit sprachlicher Präzision und Ironie schafft er in 138 Kapiteln eine persönliche Landkarte der Stadt.

A dazzling memoir of an African childhood from Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, playwright, and poet Wole Soyinka. "Aké: The Years of Childhood" gives us the story of Soyinka's boyhood before and during World War II in a Yoruba village in western Nigeria called Aké. A relentlessly curious child who loved books and getting into trouble, Soyinka grew up on a parsonage compound, raised by Christian parents and by a grandfather who introduced him to Yoruba spiritual traditions. His vivid evocation of the colorful sights, sounds, and aromas of the world that shaped him is both lyrically beautiful and laced with humor and the sheer delight of a child's-eye view.A classic of African autobiography, "Aké" is also a transcendantly timeless portrait of the mysteries of childhood.