Publication

2005-04-26 - Penguin (Non-Classics)

Language

English

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

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  • Goodreads1072957
  • AmazonB000X9UMU6
  • Better World BooksBWB31585270

Description

With the same disarmingly unguarded prose that won her critical acclaim for Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller tells of her unusual friendship with "K"—a white African and veteran of the brutal, racially divided Rhodesian War. An engrossing and haunting tale of love, godliness, hate, war, and survival, Scribbling the Cat recounts the journey she makes with K into the lands that hold the scars of their war, from Zambia through Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and into Mozambique. Driven by memories, they venture deeper into the countries' remote bush, where they encounter other veterans and survivors and confront the demons of K's past: a violent war marked by racial strife, jungle battles, torture, and the murdering of innocent civilians.

First Sentence

BECAUSE IT IS THE LAND that grew me, and because they are my people, I sometimes forget to be astonished by Africans.

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  • Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African SoldierPenguin (Non-Classics)2005-04-26
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