Fwd: New from Zed - The Ordeal of the African Writer

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>NOW AVAILABLE FROM ZED BOOKS
>
>TITLE: The Ordeal of the African Writer
>
>AUTHOR: Charles R Larson, American University,
>Washington DC
>
>ISBN/PRICE:
>1 85649 930 8 hbk GBP45.00/US$55.00
>1 85649 931 6 pbk GBP14.95/US$19.95
>
>FEATURES: Notes Bibliography  Index 192 pp
>
>LIBRARY CATEGORIES: Comparative Literature
>African Studies
>
>KEY POINTS
>
>+ An engaging portrait of African writing and
>the human reality of being an African writer
>
>+ Contains considerable, little-known
>biographical detail about a number of African
>novelists
>
>+ A scholarly contribution to the sociological
>tradition within literary criticism.
>
>TERRITORIAL RESTRICTIONS: None, the Zed edition
>of this title is for sale all over the world.
>
>ABOUT THE BOOK
>
>Only a small number of African writers --
>Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah, Wole
>Soyinka -- have become known outside their own
>continent. They also face enormous obstacles
>within Africa to get their work published, let
>alone to support themselves financially from
>their writing. Charles Larson combines writers'
>own testimony, pen portraits of their lives, and
>factual investigation to explore the dimensions
>of the problem. Who is the readership in Africa?
>How do African publishing houses treat their
>authors? What are the consequences of political
>repression? And can anything be done to build a
>more supportive environment for African writers?
>
>The scope and magnificence of writing from
>Africa in the last half century will perhaps
>surprise readers. This book is a brave attempt
>to convey something of the literary treasures of
>a much misunderstood continent.' - Doris Lessing
>
>'Impeccably researched. Professor Charles
>Larson's book is elegantly written and, in my
>opinion, a must for everyone interested in
>African literature.' - Nuruddin Farah
>
>ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>
>CHARLES R LARSON is professor of literature at
>the American University, Washington DC and has
>followed African literature for nearly 40 years.
>His previous books include The Emergence of
>African Fiction (1972), The Novel in the Third
>World (1978), American Indian Fiction (1978) and
>Under African Skies (1997).
>
>CONTENTS
>
>I:  The Example of Amos Tutuola: Accidental
>Artist or Really Writer
>
>II: Talking with Paper Is Only the Beginning
>Onitsha Market Literature
>Audience
>Language
>Economics
>Appropriation and Other Impediments
>
>III: African Writers and the Quest for
>Publication
>Cyprian Ekwensi (Nigeria)
>Similih M. Cordor (Liberia)
>Veronique Tadjo (Ivory Coast)
>Elinor Sisulu (Zimbabwe/S Africa)
>Yvonne Vera (Zimbabwe)
>
>IV:  African Publishers, African Publishing
>The Zimbabwe International Book Fair
>Publishing in Kenya
>The African Bestseller
>Baobab Books
>
>V:  The Horror, the Horror
>Camara Laye: Death of the Artist
>Censorship
>Imprisonment
>Exile
>The Death of Ken Saro-Wiwa
>
>VI: Conclusion:  The Crisis in African Writing
>The Advisory Board
>Fund Raising
>Selection of Books
>Publication
>Distribution
>The Writer
>The Foundation Itself
>
>Bibliography
>
>Index
>
>
>
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