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Author:
Anyuru, Johannes, 1979- author.
Title:
A storm blew in from paradise / Johannes Anyuru ; translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles.
Publisher:
World Editions,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
253 pages ; 22 cm
Subject:
1971-1979
Fighter pilots--Uganda--Fiction.
Defectors--Uganda--Fiction.
Defectors.
Fighter pilots.
Uganda--History--1971-1979--Fiction.
Uganda.
Fiction.
History.
Novels.
Other Authors:
Willson-Broyles, Rachel, translator.
Other Titles:
Storm kom fraĚŠn paradiset. English
Summary:
"P's greatest dream is to fly. He sets out to become a Ugandan fighter pilot, training in an academy in Greece. When the 1971 Idi Amin coup in his homeland disrupts his plans, he defects and becomes a man on the run. In this extraordinary novel based on his own father's fate, Anyuru evokes P's struggles in gorgeous, vivid prose. As a refugee, military-camp prisoner, and exile, P never gives up hope and continues to dream of life as a pilot. In a story told across two generations, P searches for identity and purpose in a world in which nowhere is home." -- Amazon.com.
ISBN:
1642860441
9781642860443
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1091586095
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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