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More copies of this ISBN:A Girl from Zanzibarby Roger King
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A Girl from Zanzibar is a riveting modern immigration story for a brave new globalized world. Current events, dubious international finance, terrorism, and a search for the self are played out in this story of a bright Portuguese Indian-Arab girl who follows a dangerous path from Zanzibar to London to a teaching position in a small Vermont college. With its spare, luminous style, Girl from Zanzibar is reminiscent of the novels of John LeCarré. Review:"Nearly every page crackles with some fresh, sharp and true observation. To use a word seldom applied to serious fiction, The Girl From Zanzibar is a delight." Tony Mastrogiorgio, San Francisco Chronicle Review:"Born in England and himself well traveled over four continents, King offers wonderful descriptions of distant places. The easy, fluid writing style of his other novels (e.g., Horizontal Hotel) is evident here." Library Journal Review:"An engrossing picaresque novel from King (Sea Level, 1992), a young woman's adventures and loves unfold across a dozen years and three continents. An engaging and subtle tale that unites far-flung worlds in the person of a complex, intriguing heroine." Kirkus Reviews Review:"A stunning novel... I read it in a state of complete happiness." Andrea Barrett Review:"There is no safe haven, this brilliantly prescient novel suggests, and nothing to hold onto. For better or worse, we are all migrants now." Suzanne Ruta, New York Times Book Review Synopsis:"A headstrong heroine zigzags from Zanzibar to America in Roger King's daring new novel."-Elaina Richardson, Omagazine "There is no safe haven, this brilliant, prescient novel suggests."-Suzanne Ruta, The New York Times Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Award for Best Novel 2002. About the AuthorBorn in London, Roger King is the author of three previous novels, Horizontal Hotel, Written on a Stranger's Map, and Sea Level. After traveling throughout Asia and Africa in the 1980's as an agricultural economist for various United Nations agencies, he turned to writing and teaching fulltime. He lives in western Massachusetts. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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