The Zanzibar Chest : A Memoir of Love and War
by Aidan Hartley
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0006531210
- ISBN 13
- 9780006531210
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About This Item
Collins, UK, 2004. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 446 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 2004. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A deeply affecting memoir of a childhood in Africa and the continent's horrendous wars, which Hartley witnessed at first hand as a journalist in the 1990s. Shortlisted for the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, this is a masterpiece of autobiographical journalism. Aidan Hartley,a foreign correspondent, burned-out from the horror of covering the terrifying micro wars of the nineties, from Rwanda to Bosnia, seeks solace and solitude in the remote mountains and deserts of southern Arabia and the Yemen, following his father's death. While there, he finds himself on the trail of the tragic story of an old friend of his father's, who fell in love and was murdered in southern Arabia fifty years ago. As the terrible events of the past unfold, Hartley finds his own kind of deliverance. The Zanzibar Chest is a powerful story about a man witnessing and confronting extreme violence and being broken down by it, and of a son trying to come to terms with the death of a father whom he also saw as his best friend. It charts not only a love affair between two people, but also the British love affair with Arabia and the vast emptinesses of the desert, which become a fitting metaphor for the emotional and spiritual condition in which Hartley finds himself. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0006531210. ISBN/EAN: 9780006531210. Inventory No: 23120047.. 9780006531210
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23120047
- Title
- The Zanzibar Chest : A Memoir of Love and War
- Author
- Aidan Hartley
- Format/Binding
- Medium Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0006531210
- ISBN 13
- 9780006531210
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; The Zanzibar Chest : A Memoir of Love and War
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- Biography & Autobiography;
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