Beneath the Darkening Sky
Autor Majok Tulbaen Paperback – 30 apr 2014
"In clear, direct prose true to the boy’s viewpoint (“I’ve killed, and so I am one of them; I’ve become a man”), the writer, who escaped as a child from Sudan to Australia, imagines what he escaped from.... This first novel in the simplest words is a gripping narrative of innocence lost." - Booklist
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror — a child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror — a child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781780743431
ISBN-10: 1780743432
Dimensiuni: 129 x 20 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Oneworld Publications
ISBN-10: 1780743432
Dimensiuni: 129 x 20 x 198 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Oneworld Publications
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Notă biografică
Majok Tulba fled war-torn South Sudan as a sixteen-year-old, and now lives in Sydney with his wife and children. He was awarded a NSW Premier's CAL Literary Centre Fellowship, and is the founder and CEO of the charity Mother and Child Development Agency. Beneath the Darkening Sky is Majok Tulba's first novel, and announces the arrival of an important new African voice.
Recenzii
'Beneath the Darkening Sky is as heartbreaking as it is beautiful, giving us the story of a young boy who must fight to defend himself against conditions worse than any human--let alone a child--should ever be forced to endure. As a novel of resilience and identity, and of what lengths we are willing to go to survive, it is at once harrowing and haunting, shedding light on the continuing horrors of child soldiers.' - Shelf Awareness
'Majok Tulba recreates his country's recent past with a visceral energy and a finely tuned fidelity to truth and beauty.' - Delia Jarrett-Macauley, author of Moses, Citizen and Me
'A brilliant novel that will not be easily forgotten.' - The Weekend Australia
'It does what great literature can, which is to make something beautiful out of terror and truth. Riveting and devastating and beautiful.' - Anna Funder, author of Stasiland and All That I Am
'Urgent and absorbing.' - Guardian
'A gripping, moving depiction of the horrific plight of child soldiers in Africa.' - Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair of Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation
‘Majok Tulba’s novel is a red-raw story of an African child soldier. The violence is brutal and unrelenting, the writing unembellished and unsettling… Beneath the Darkening Sky makes for uncomfortable reading and is a book that will prick the conscience of western readers in their soft armchairs.’ - Irish Times
'In clear, direct prose true to the boy’s viewpoint (“I’ve killed, and so I am one of them; I’ve become a man”), the writer, who escaped as a child from Sudan to Australia, imagines what he escaped from.... This first novel in the simplest words is a gripping narrative of innocence lost.' - Booklist
'Majok Tulba recreates his country's recent past with a visceral energy and a finely tuned fidelity to truth and beauty.' - Delia Jarrett-Macauley, author of Moses, Citizen and Me
'A brilliant novel that will not be easily forgotten.' - The Weekend Australia
'It does what great literature can, which is to make something beautiful out of terror and truth. Riveting and devastating and beautiful.' - Anna Funder, author of Stasiland and All That I Am
'Urgent and absorbing.' - Guardian
'A gripping, moving depiction of the horrific plight of child soldiers in Africa.' - Bianca Jagger, Founder and Chair of Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation
‘Majok Tulba’s novel is a red-raw story of an African child soldier. The violence is brutal and unrelenting, the writing unembellished and unsettling… Beneath the Darkening Sky makes for uncomfortable reading and is a book that will prick the conscience of western readers in their soft armchairs.’ - Irish Times
'In clear, direct prose true to the boy’s viewpoint (“I’ve killed, and so I am one of them; I’ve become a man”), the writer, who escaped as a child from Sudan to Australia, imagines what he escaped from.... This first novel in the simplest words is a gripping narrative of innocence lost.' - Booklist
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Obinna is nine years old when the soldiers arrive. They measure each boy against the height of an AK47. Those shorter are left behind. Those taller are taken.