Description
A mysterious “book of secrets” surfaces in modern Dar es Salaam: the stolen diary of a British colonial administrator, Sir Alfred Corbin, whose arrival in East Africa in 1913 set in motion lives that would echo across generations. As a retired Goan schoolteacher, Pius Fernandes, tries to recreate the world captured in its pages, he becomes entangled in the histories of Asian Africans—stories shaped by displacement, shifting loyalties, and the long shadow of colonial rule. Spanning the First World War, the upheavals of the 1960s, and the dawn of Tanzanian independence, the novel blends intimate character drama with sweeping historical context. With Vassanji’s lyrical, character-driven style, it explores identity, belonging, and the hidden desires that survive even when empires fall.
Available Editions
hardcover
McClelland & Stewart
Published Sep 19, 2006
352 pages
ISBN: 9780771087295
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First Published
1994
Language
eng
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