- 333 pages
- English
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About this book
"Peace Corps worker Erdman . . . takes the reader on a vivid and compelling journey into the colorful world of a small village in the Ivory Coast." â
Library Journal
When Sarah Erdman, a Peace Corps volunteer, arrived in Nambonkaha, she became the first Caucasian to venture there since the French colonialists. But even though she was thousands of miles away from the United States, completely on her own in this tiny village in the West African nation of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, she did not feel like a stranger for long.
As her vivid narrative unfolds, Erdman draws us into the changing world of the village that became her home. Here is a place where electricity is expected but never arrives, where sorcerers still conjure magic, where the tok-tok sound of women grinding corn with pestles rings out in the mornings like church bells. Rare rains provoke bathing in the streets and the most coveted fashion trend is fabric with illustrations of Western cell phones. Yet Nambonkaha is also a place where AIDS threatens and poverty is constant, where women suffer the indignities of patriarchal customs, where children work like adults while still managing to dream.
Lyrical and topical, Erdman's beautiful debut captures the astonishing spirit of an unforgettable community.
"Exemplary . . . The writing has the narrative pulse of good fiction, and is as absorbing." âNorman Rush, National Book Awardâwinning author of Mating
"Sarah Erdman's voice rings with a distinct and refreshing intimacy . . . This book is simply about people and their stories. In the joys and failures of daily routines in a small African village, she finds life itself." âPeter Hessler, award-winning author of Other Rivers
When Sarah Erdman, a Peace Corps volunteer, arrived in Nambonkaha, she became the first Caucasian to venture there since the French colonialists. But even though she was thousands of miles away from the United States, completely on her own in this tiny village in the West African nation of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, she did not feel like a stranger for long.
As her vivid narrative unfolds, Erdman draws us into the changing world of the village that became her home. Here is a place where electricity is expected but never arrives, where sorcerers still conjure magic, where the tok-tok sound of women grinding corn with pestles rings out in the mornings like church bells. Rare rains provoke bathing in the streets and the most coveted fashion trend is fabric with illustrations of Western cell phones. Yet Nambonkaha is also a place where AIDS threatens and poverty is constant, where women suffer the indignities of patriarchal customs, where children work like adults while still managing to dream.
Lyrical and topical, Erdman's beautiful debut captures the astonishing spirit of an unforgettable community.
"Exemplary . . . The writing has the narrative pulse of good fiction, and is as absorbing." âNorman Rush, National Book Awardâwinning author of Mating
"Sarah Erdman's voice rings with a distinct and refreshing intimacy . . . This book is simply about people and their stories. In the joys and failures of daily routines in a small African village, she finds life itself." âPeter Hessler, award-winning author of Other Rivers
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Information
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.Year
2024eBook ISBN
9781466850057Subtopic
Social Science BiographiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- I. A Memory
- II. A Beginning
- III. A Village
- IV. A War
- Glossary
- Acknowledgments
- Copyright