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Once a fortnight, the nomadic settlement of Madidima, set deep in the dusty Kenyan desert, awaits the arrival of three camels laden down with panniers of books. This is the Camel Bookmobile, a scheme set up to bring books to scattered tribes whose daily life is dominated by drought, famine and disease. Into their world comes an unexpected wealth of literature - from the adventures of Tom Sawyer to strange vegetarian cookbooks and Dr Seuss. Kanika, a young girl who lives with her grandmother, devours every book she can lay her hands on. Her best friend is Scar Boy, a child who was mauled at the age of three by a hyena. They are joined by Matani the village teacher, his alluring wife Jwahir and the drummaker Abayomi, as well as Mr Abasi, the camel driver, who is convinced that one of the camels is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother-in-law. The only condition of The Camel Bookmobile is that every book must be returned or else the visits will cease. Then one day a book is stolen...
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Masha Hamilton worked as a foreign correspondent for The Associated Press for five years in the Middle East, where she covered the intefadeh, the peace process and the partial Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. She traveled to Afghanistan in the spring of 2004 to interview women in prison, child brides and war widows and report on the country's reconstruction efforts.
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Condition: Aceptable. : Fiona Sweeney busca hacer algo que importe y elige dejar su huella en la árida maleza del noreste de Kenia. Al ayudar a iniciar una biblioteca itinerante, espera llevar las palabras de Homero, Hemingway y el Dr. Seuss a pequeñas comunidades lejanas donde la gente vive a diario con sequía, hambre y enfermedades. Sus intenciones son honorables y sus reglas son firmes: debido al número limitado de libros donados, si alguno de ellos no se devuelve, el bibliobús no regresará. Pero, agobiada por sus valores occidentales, Fi no comprende a las personas a las que busca ayudar. Y en la empobrecida pequeña comunidad de Mididima, se encuentra atrapada en medio de una lucha local volátil cuando la presencia del bibliobús desata una peligrosa disputa entre los defensores de la modernización y aquellos que temen la pérdida de las costumbres tradicionales. EAN: 9780753822982 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Camel Bookmobile Autor: Masha Hamilton Idioma: en Páginas: 320 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-09-19-3e5b51b3
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