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A collection of stories set in the Asian community of Dar es Salaam, depicting the changes in Uhuru Street from the sheltered innocence of colonial rule in the 1950s to the shattered world of the 1980s. The author received the 1990 Commonwealth Writers Prize for his novel The Gunny Sack.
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- PublisherPearson Education Limited
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0435905856
- ISBN 13 9780435905859
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. 1st edition. Oxford. 1991. Heinemann. 1st African Writers Series Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0435905856. African Writers Series. 144 pages. paperback. Cover illustration by Keith Pointing. keywords: Literature Tanzania Africa . FROM THE PUBLISHER - With delicate strokes, M.G. Vassanji brings alive the characters who live and work in the shops and tenements of Uhuru Street: Roshan Mattress, so called because of her free and easy ways; baby, the blubbery-fat daughter of a grocer, indulged but amiable; Ahmed, the street-wise orphan fighting for survival though like most bullies 'an expert at marbles'. Even the street itself breathes life and symbolises the comradeship of this immigrant community. The stories take us from the late colonial days of sheltered innocence in the 1950s through to the 1980s when many of the characters have moved away from the confines of their community only to find that hopes and aspirations are displaced by harsh realities, and the spirit that was Uhuru Street is no more than a nostalgic dream. In this unique collection of short stories from the Commonwealth prize-winning author of The Gunny Sack and No New Land, the curtain is drawn back to reveal life in the Asian community in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - its customs, traditions and prejuduces. inventory #17933. Seller Inventory # z17933
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition of the author's first collection of short stories, preceded by two novels THE GUNNY SACK and NO NEW LAND.SCARCE true first edition, preceding the Canadian publication by one year!!! A FINE book in wraps, SIGNED by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # JD0379
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