Out of darkness, shining light : a novel
Gappah, Petina, 1971-2020
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This is the story of the body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, the explorer David Livingstone - and the sixty-nine men and women who carried his remains for 1,500 miles so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own country. The wise men of his age say Livingstone blazed into the darkness of their native land leaving a track of light behind where white men who followed him could tread in perfect safety. But in Petina Gappah's radical novel, it is those in the shadows of history - those who saved a white man's bones; his dark companions; his faithful retinue on an epic funeral march - whose voices are resurrected with searing intensity. This final, fateful journey across the African interior is lead by Halima, Livingstone's sharp-tongued cook, and three of his most devoted servants: Jacob, Chuma and Susi.
Main title:
Out of darkness, shining light : a novel / Petina Gappah.
Author:
Gappah, Petina, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2020.
Collation:
320 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Scribner, 2019.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780571345342 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
435712
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