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When a crocodile eats the sun : a memoir of Africa

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 thejaws 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.

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  • "Traces how the author routinely traveled between his Manhattan home to Zimbabwe to check on his aging parents, visits during which he witnessed the African region's dramatic descent into social and political turmoil."
  • "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 thejaws 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."@en
  • ""African by birth and now a journalist in New York, Peter Godwin returns to his family's home in Zimbabwe to find a nation coming apart: what he had known as the continent's most prosperous and best-educated country has become a nightmare of poverty, brutality, and corruption. Yet his parents refuse to leave. As Godwin struggles to understand this resistance, he uncovers a shocking secret--the truth about his father's identity and past experience of persecution--that opens a new window on the present crisis. This dramatic memoir, at once sweeping and intimate, tells an unforgettable story of resilience and the enduring power of love."--Back cover."@en

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  • "Biography"
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  • "Specimens"
  • "Case studies"
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  • "erindringer"
  • "Herinneringen (vorm)"
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  • "Erlebnisbericht"
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  • "When a crocodile eats the sun a memoir of Africa"
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  • "Gdzie krokodyl zjada słońce : wspomnienia"@pl
  • "Gdzie krokodyl zjada słońce : wspomnienia"
  • "Quand un crocodile mange le soleil"
  • "When a Crocodile Eats the Sun a Memoir of Africa"@en
  • "Wanneer een krokodil de zon opslokt"
  • "When a crocodile easts the sun : a memoir of Africa"@en
  • "Quand un crocodile mange le soleil : [récit]"
  • "Quand un crocodile mange le soleil [récit]"
  • "When a crocodile eats the sun a memoir"
  • "When a crocodile eats the sun : a memoir"@en
  • "When a crocodile eats the sun : a memoir"
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