Format:
Book
Author:
Gappah, Petina, 1971- author.
Title:
Out of darkness, shining light : a novel / Petina Gappah.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Scribner, 2019.
Description:
303 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:
“This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.” So begins Petina Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa—the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima, the doctor's sharp-tongued cook, and Jacob Wainwright, a rigidly pious freed slave, this is a story that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization—the hypocrisy at the core of the human heart—while celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.
Subjects:
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 -- Fiction.
Africa -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302).
LCCN:
2018055315
ISBN:
1982110333
9781982110338 (hardcover)
Other Number:
1073983168
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
2
Control Number:
400943
Call Number:
Fic Gappah 2019
Course Reserves:
0
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2
# System items in:
2