Beneath the Darkening Sky : Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize
by
Majok Tulba
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
178074241X
ISBN-13
9781780742410
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Imprint
Oneworld Publications
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 6th, 2013
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
284 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 13.60 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)War & combat fictionViolence in society
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When Majok Tulba was 9, rebel soldiers attacked his village, taking all children taller than an AK47 to become soldiers. Majok was an inch too short. This novel is the story of what might have happened had he been an inch taller.
WINNER OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD YOUNG NOVELIST''S AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS'' PRIZE AND NEW SOUTH WALES'' PREMIER LITERARY AWARDS
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror – a child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS'' PRIZE AND NEW SOUTH WALES'' PREMIER LITERARY AWARDS
On the day that Obinna’s village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination. Along with his older brother he finds himself thrown into a truck when the soldiers leave, to be shaped into an agent of horror – a child soldier. Marched through minefields and forced into battle, enduring a brutal daily existence, Obinna slowly works out which parts of himself to save and which to sacrifice in this world turned upside down.
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