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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

By Peter Godwin

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When a Crocodile Eats the Sun

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Award-winning author and journalist Peter Godwin writes with pathos and intimacy about Zimbabwe's spiral into chaos—and, along with it, his family's steady collapse—in this unforgettable story of one man's struggle to discover his past and come to terms with his present.  ​ After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2008-04-10
Publication Date:
2008-04-01
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0316018716
ISBN13:
9780316018715
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
322 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
25 cm

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