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Synopsis
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller.
Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before them with the promise of all its perfect light, even as the British Empire in which they both believed waned. They had everything, including two golden children – a girl and a boy. However, life became increasingly difficult and they moved to Rhodesia to work as farm managers. The previous farm manager had committed suicide. His ghost appeared at the foot of their bed and seemed to be trying to warn them of something. Shortly after this, one of their golden children died. Africa was no longer the playground of Nicola's childhood. They returned to England where the author was born before they returned to Rhodesia and to the civil war.
The last part of the book sees the Fullers in their old age on a banana and fish farm in the Zambezi Valley. They had built their ramshackle dining room under the Tree of Forgetfulness. In local custom, this tree is the meeting place for villagers determined to resolve disputes. It is in the spirit of this Forgetfulness that Nicola finally forgot – but did not forgive – all her enemies including her daughter and the Apostle, a squatter who has taken up in her bananas with his seven wives and forty-nine children. Funny, tragic, terrifying, exotic and utterly unself-conscious, this is a story of survival and madness, love and war, passion and compassion.
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About the Author
Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969 and in 1972 she moved with her family to a farm in Rhodesia. After the civil war there in 1981, the Fullers moved first to Malawi, then to Zambia. She now lives in Wyoming and has three children.
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Condition: Como nuevo. : En 'Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness', Alexandra Fuller nos presenta la historia de su madre, Nicola Fuller, una mujer glamurosa y optimista que, junto a su esposo, vislumbró un futuro prometedor en África Oriental. Sin embargo, la vida les deparó desafíos inesperados que los llevaron a Rodesia como administradores de una granja, donde el fantasma del anterior encargado, quien se había suicidado, parecía advertirles de tragedias venideras. Tras la pérdida de uno de sus hijos, África dejó de ser el paraíso de la infancia de Nicola. La familia regresó a Inglaterra antes de volver a Rodesia, en medio de una guerra civil. En la última etapa de sus vidas, los Fuller se establecieron en una plantación de plátanos y una piscifactoría en el valle del Zambezi, construyendo su comedor bajo el Árbol del Olvido, un lugar de encuentro tradicional para resolver disputas. Es en este espíritu de olvido que Nicola finalmente dejó atrás, aunque no perdonó, a sus enemigos, incluyendo a su propia hija y a un invasor que ocupó sus tierras con su numerosa familia. Esta obra, a la vez divertida, trágica, aterradora y exótica, narra una historia de supervivencia, locura, amor, guerra, pasión y compasión. EAN: 9781849832960 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Autor: Alexandra Fuller Editorial: Simon & Schuster Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 256 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-10-24-505d0548
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