Descriere: A Black Englishman is an epic and intimate novel about love and loyalty, revenge and faith, race and identity, and what it takes to be human. India, 1920: exotic, glamorous and wrenching away from Britain's colonial grip, only to be thrown into religious violence and terrorism.
Page dim. 195 x 128 x 24
Weight: 320 grams
Autori: Slaughter Carolyn | Editura: Faber & Faber | Anul aparitiei: 2005 | ISBN: 9780571220281 | Numar de pagini: 352 | Categorie: Fiction
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