{"product_id":"gods-and-soldiers-isbn-9780143114734","title":"Gods and Soldiers","description":"\u003cb\u003eA one-of-a-kind collection showcasing the energy of new African literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComing at a time when Africa and African writers are in the midst of a remarkable renaissance, \u003ci\u003eGods and Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e captures the vitality and urgency of African writing today. With stories from northern Arabic-speaking to southern Zulu-speaking writers, this collection conveys thirty different ways of approaching what it means to be African. Whether about life in the new urban melting pots of Cape Town and Luanda, or amid the battlefield chaos of Zimbabwe and Somalia, or set in the imaginary surreal landscapes born out of the oral storytelling tradition, these stories represent a striking cross section of extraordinary writing. Including works by J. M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Adichie, Nuruddin Farah, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Chinua Achebe, and edited by Rob Spillman of \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eGods and Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e features many pieces never before published, making it a vibrant and essential glimpse of Africa as it enters the twenty-first century.Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eby Rob Spillman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMap of Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWest Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinua Achebe ♦ \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The African Writer and the English Language\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelon Habila ♦ \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lomba\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohammed Naseehu Ali ♦ \u003ci\u003eGhana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Manhood Test\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Abani ♦ \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Becoming Abigail\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eE. C. Osondu ♦ \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Voice of America\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie ♦ \u003ci\u003eNigeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Half of a Yelllow Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancophone Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrice Nganang ♦ \u003ci\u003eCameroon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Senghor Complex\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlain Mabanckou ♦\u003ci\u003eRepublic of Congo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Broken Glass\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFatou Diome ♦ \u003ci\u003eSenegal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Belly of the Atlantic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoubacar Boris Diop ♦ \u003ci\u003eSenegal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Murambi, The Book of Bones\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorth Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaila Lalami ♦ \u003ci\u003eMorocco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Politics of Reading\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNawal El Saadawi ♦ \u003ci\u003eEgypt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Woman at Point Zero\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMohamed Magani ♦ \u003ci\u003eAlgeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Butcher's Aesthetic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAziz Chouaki ♦ \u003ci\u003eAlgeria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Star of Algiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeila Aboulela ♦ \u003ci\u003eSudan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Souvenirs\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEast Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBinyavanga Wainaina ♦ \u003ci\u003eKenya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Discovering Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNgugi wa Thiong'o ♦ \u003ci\u003eKenya\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Wizard of the Crow\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoreen Baingana ♦ \u003ci\u003eUganda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Christianity Killed the Cat\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuruddin Farah ♦ \u003ci\u003eSomalia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Knots\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbdourahman A. Waberi ♦ \u003ci\u003eDjibouti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The United States of Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormer Portuguese Colonies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMia Couto ♦ Mozambique\u003cbr\u003e\"Languages We Don't Know We Know\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOndjaki ♦ \u003ci\u003eAngola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dragonfly\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJose Eduardo Agualusa ♦ \u003ci\u003eAngola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e The Book of Chameleons\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouthern Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. M. Coetzee ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Memoirs of Breyten Breytenbach\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvonne Vera ♦ \u003ci\u003eZimbabwe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dead Swimmers\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNiq Mhlongo ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Dog Eat Dog\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadine Gordimer ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Beneficiary\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarlene van Niekerk ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Agaat\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZakes Mda ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e Ways of Dying\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvan Vladislavic ♦ \u003ci\u003eSouth Africa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The WHITES ONLY Bench\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiographical Notes\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Spillman\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of the literary magazine\u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and executive editor of Tin House Books. His writing has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Vanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Spin, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Bookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications, as well as in a literary blog for the\u003ci\u003e Huffington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305453572325,"sku":"NP9780143114734","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143114734.jpg?v=1767728260","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/gods-and-soldiers-isbn-9780143114734","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}