Member: charl08

Noticed you liked Vernon God Little, and I was wondering if you'd be interested in reviewing my new novel and posting your comments here as well as a few other book-related sites. Thought you might like my novel since it's also southern (and a bit dark). I could e-mail you the novel in an e-book format if you'd like (I'm currently out of physical copies). If you're interested, send me your e-mail address (mine is mail@christophertusa.com), and I'll send you the e-book. Here's a link to a summary (and a sample chapter) in case you'd like to read more about the book before you commit:

http://www.christophertusa.com/

Thanks,

Chris

posted by cmtusa at 9:11 am (EST) on Sep 11, 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 9:35 pm (EST) on Feb 29, 2008

Hi
Until I saw your library I'd forgotten to add Property to my own list - it was such a great novel, happy reading
Anne

posted by anne2simpson at 4:07 pm (EST) on Sep 10, 2007

Hi Charlotte,
Just stopped by to thank you for describing my library as interesting. Until you did so, I had no idea that it was possible.

posted by Thoughtshapes at 5:27 pm (EST) on Jul 16, 2007

I've not read Krog yet but I am intrigued now. I've actually read appalingly little African lit, but now I'm really curious and would like to look into it more. I've spent my school career focusing on medieval lit and my leisure reading on sci fi and comics, and a lot of good books have eluded me so far!

posted by blackbuttoneyes at 11:43 am (EST) on May 28, 2007

Cool! I can't wait to read it now! The class was taught at New York University by Nicole Rizzuto- and there was quite a bit of South African lit on the syllabus- some Coetzee, and A Question of Power by Bessie Head, by far my favorite we read in the class. Have you read that? If not you may want to look into it!

posted by blackbuttoneyes at 1:34 pm (EST) on May 25, 2007

Hi! I've actually not read it yet- it's third in my queue of summer reading books. =) This past semester we read David's Story in a graduate course on Trauma, and she came to do a reading at our university. I can't wait to get to it! Did you like it?

posted by blackbuttoneyes at 11:43 am (EST) on May 25, 2007