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(0)Anthony De Sa
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Language
English
Description
From the Giller-nominated author of "Barnacle Love" comes a novel of rare evocative power that will take hold of readers from its opening pages. On a steamy summer day in 1977, Emanuel Jaques was shining shoes in downtown Toronto. Emanuel was lured away from his friends by a man who promised some easy money. Four days later the boy's body was discovered. He had been brutally raped and murdered. Kicking the Sky is told from the perspective...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Language
English
Description
"From critically-acclaimed author Anthony De Sa, a raw and compelling story of love, war and the differences that both divide and unite us. In the wispy grasslands of Tanzania in the 1950s, a Maasai woman gives birth to a miracle. The other villagers see the baby as a curse. The baby--a daughter, named Kibo--has skin as white as bone, and from her first moments on earth, she is forced to claim her life in spite of the violence she incites. As she...