The Book of Secrets Contributor(s): Vassanji, M. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312150687 ISBN-13: 9780312150686 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $20.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: The discovery of a diary written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator captivates a retired schoolteacher as he uncovers a story of forbidden liaisons and wartime spies, family secrets and community upheavals. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 95044948 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.00 lbs) 360 pages |
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Publisher Description: In 1988, a retired schoolteacher named Pius Fernandes receives an old diary found in the back room of an East African shop. Written in 1913 by a British colonial administrator, the diary captivates Fernandes, who begins to research the coded history he encounters in its terse, laconic entries. What he uncovers is a story of forbidden liaisons and simmering vengeances, family secrets and cultural exiles--a story that leads him on an investigative journey through his own past and Africa's. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vassanji, M. G.: - M. G. Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa in the International Writing Program. He is the winner of the Giller Prize, the Bressani Literary Prize, the Regional Commonwealth Prize, and the Harbourfront Festival Prize. He lives in Toronto. |