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Sebrané africké povídky Doris Lessingové

Tato sbírka nabízí vhled do dětství a dospívání na africkém kontinentu, zkoumá složitosti kolonialismu a střet kultur. Příběhy zachycují syrovou krásu africké krajiny, která slouží jako hybná síla formující postavy i jejich osudy. Autorka se zabývá tématy identity, odcizení a hledání smyslu v prostředí, které je zároveň majestátní i drsné.

The Sun Between Their Feet
This Was the Old Chief's Country

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  1. The Sun Between Their Feet

    Collected African Stories

    • 331 stránek
    • 12 hodin čtení

    This much-acclaimed collection of stories vividly evokes both the grandeur of Africa, the glare of its sun and the wide open space, as well as the great, irresolvable tensions between whites and blacks. Tales of poor white farmers and their lonely wives, of storm air thick with locusts, of ants and pomegranate trees, black servants and the year of hunger in a native village - all combine to present a powerful image of a continent which seems incorruptible in spite of the people who plough, mine and plunder it to make their living. In Doris Lessing's own words, 'Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.'

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