The Devil That Danced on the Water
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The Devil That Danced on the Water by Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna's personal history is an account of an African childhood - of an idyll which became a nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, the bitterness of exile in Britain and the consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny.
'This is a book of quite extraordinary power and beautyAminatta Forna has excavated not only her memory but the hidden recesses of the heart' FERGAL KEANE 'An extraordinary and gripping story... Aminatta Forna's book glows with compassion. A modern classic, of which her courageous father would have been proud' PETER GODWIN, author of Mukiwa 'An engrossing account of pain, love and discovery that had the capacity not only to make me understand but also to move me to tears' -- GILLIAN SLOVO, author of Every Secret Thing 'I had tears in my eyes almost the whole way through, although it is the least sentimental of books... Aminatta Forna manages, quite brilliantly, to evoke not only all the honour and pity that is in her family's story, but its beauty and tenderness too' -- KATIE HICKMAN, author of Daughters of Britannia
Aminatta Forna is a journalist, broadcaster and TV presenter. As an impressive speaker she has won several awards and one of her programmes on foreign adoption promoted a change in the law. She has written Mother of All Myths, a political, social and philosophical study of Motherhood, and has also contributed to Itzin's Pornography: Women, Violence and Civil Liberties (OUP) and Conversations with Maya Angelou (Virago).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002570657 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002570653 |
| Title | The Devil That Danced on the Water |
| Author | Aminatta Forna |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2003, Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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