Member: Cheka

Hi,

Saw you liked Trainspotting, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reading my new novel and posting your comments here (as well as on a few other book-related sites). Thought you might like my novel since it's also about a group of disturbed kids and a bit dark. I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like. Let me know if you're interested. Here's a link to a summary in case you're interested:

http://christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 10:44 am (EST) on Apr 7, 2009

Hello,

I recently joined the All Books Africa Group. As a publisher who has just released a novel about the Angolan Civil War, I thought it might be worth bringing to your attention. Ondjaki's Good morning Comrades has just been released (indeed, i'm not sure amazon has changed it status yet). Ondjaki is a Lusophone writer of international reputation, and our edition of Good morning Comrades introduces him to an English speaking audience for the first time. It will not be the last: Aflame Books in the UK is set to release his fable The Whistler, and I know New Directions is also looking at publishing something by him soon. We expect he will become one of the most celebrated African novelists of his generation.

Anyway, if you would like further information on Comrades, you can chcekc out our website at www.biblioasis.com. It is also available online on amazon and elsewhere, and available through any good bookstore.

Thansk for your time, and I do hope that this was not too intrusive. (We're a small literary press based in Canada, and we're just trying to do whatever we can to let potential readers know about the book.

Best wishes,

Dan Wells

posted by biblioasis at 9:36 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

Hi Cheka,

Thanks for your comments and recommendations. I plan to look up those books that you mentioned.

As for "The Known World", it was a difficult read for me. I struggled, as others did, with Jones' writing style. Too much shifting for me. I put the book down for about a year. However, the historical information and references are valuable for genealogists and family historians trying to figure out what went on with their Ancestors.

I new acquaintance recently raved about the book, insisting that if I can get past the first third or so it would be smooth sailing.
Not. I decided not to beat myself up and move on to another book. LOL

I'm familiar with the subject matter. There's a history book I read several years ago, "Black Slaveowners: Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860 by Larry Koger " that gives an accounting of this. Of course, this text is a little on the dry side.

posted by Geder at 3:49 pm (EST) on Feb 13, 2007

Hello Cheka,

I'm new to LibraryThing and beginning to see its value.
Could you share your thoughts on 'Uncommon Ground'?
Thanks in advance.

posted by Geder at 3:47 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2007

Love your library! Any particular anthropology books or African fiction out of there that you'd recommend? Where are you going to grad school?

posted by piccolaserenata8 at 10:04 pm (EST) on Jul 19, 2006