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Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Abie follows the arc of a letter from London back to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but the layers of years are too many. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales ...Show more
Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna
$38.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
When Abie's family leave her a coffee plantation, she returns to Africa to find herself in a place suspended between past and present; between the real world and the unworldly. Standing among the ruined groves she strains to hear the sound of the past, but 'the layers of years in between us were too man ...Show more
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
$22.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the mi ...Show more
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the mi ...Show more
Happiness by Aminatta Forna
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Forna's voice is relentlessly compelling, her ability to summon atmosphere extraordinary ... A thing of lasting beauty' ObserverWaterloo Bridge, London. Two strangers collide. Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist, and Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes. From this chance encounter in the mi ...Show more
The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. The Croatian winter brings freezing winds. Beyond the boundaries of the town an old house which has lain empty for years is showing signs of life. One of the windows, glass darkened with dirt, today stands open, and the li ...Show more
The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
A powerful novel about the indelible effects of war and the memories which stir beneath the silence of a quiet Croatian town, from Orange Prize-shortlisted and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-winning author Aminatta Forna. Gost is surrounded by mountains and fields of wild flowers. The summer sun burns. Th ...Show more
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
$29.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and dust, and with the secrets this country hides. Despite the gulf of experience and understanding between them, Adrian finds unexpected frie ...Show more
The Memory of Love(Prize Winner Impac Dublin shortlist 2012) by Aminatta Forna
$39.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and dust, and with the secrets this country hides. Despite the gulf of experience and understanding between them, Adrian finds unexpected frie ...Show more
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