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When A Crocodile Eats the Sun by Peter Godwin (Hardcover, 2007)
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Peter Godwin, an award-winning writer, is on assignment in Zululand when he is summoned by his mother to Zimbabwe, his birthplace. His father is seriously ill; she fears he is dying. Godwin finds his country, once a post-colonial success story, descending into a vortex of violence and racial hatred incited by an embattled dictator. His father recovers, but over the next few years, Godwin travels regularly between his family life in Manhattan and the increasing chaos of Zimbabwe, where inflation runs so fast that the currency can't keep up; where land seizures have made famine a real prospect; and where his parents, emigrants from post-war England, are refusing to abandon their home. It is against this backdrop that Godwin discovers a fifty-year-old family secret, one which changes everything he thought he knew about his father, and his own place in the world. 'When a crocodile eats the sun' is how some remote tribes explain the solar eclipse that coincides with Zimbabwe's torment; a celestial crocodile, they say, briefly consumes the life-giving star to demonstrate his displeasure with man below. In a land in which the forces of light are apparently giving way to those of the dark, it seems the very worst of omens. Peter Godwin's book combines vivid reportage, moving personal stories and revealing memoir, and traces his family's quest to belong in hostile lands - a quest that spans three continents and half a century.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139780330433693
eBay Product ID (ePID)88214872
Product Key Features
Publication Year2007
Book TitleWhen a Crocodile Eats the Sun
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorPeter Godwin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight602 g
Item Width156 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPeter Godwin
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- 31 Mar, 2021
A good read
An excellent writer with a good non-fiction tale to tell. I shared the same experience, in all its complexity, as the author being a white Zimbabwean,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 May, 2018
Peter Godwin book.
My wife really ejoyed it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
