Bitter Eden Afrika, Tatamkhulu

Arcadia Books
Year of publishing: 2002
Place of publishing: London
ISBN: 1900850704
Language: English

Příběh knihy Bitter Eden je založen na autorově skutečné zkušenosti z druhé světové války, kdy byl zajat v severní Africe a vězněn v Itálii a Německu. Podobně poutavě jako román Kiss of the Spider Woman líčí Tatamkhulu příběhy 3 mužů, jejichž osudy je v zajetí vzájemně sblížily a vytvořily mezi nimi pevná pouta. Na pozadí ústředních postav, podává Tatamkhulu cenné svědectví o každodenním životě v zajateckých táborech. Bitter Eden je směsí melancholie a hořkosti, která byla nedílnou součástí životů lidí, kteří byli postiženi válkou. Válkou, jejíž konec neznamenal mír.

Bitter Eden is based on Tatamkhulu Afrika's own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a prisoner-of-war in World War II in Italy and Germany. As gripping as Kiss of the Spider Woman, this frank and beautifully written novel deals with three men who see themselves as 'straight', but who must negotiate the emotions that are brought to the surface by the physical closeness of survival in the male-only camps. The complex rituals of camp life and the strange loyalties and deep bonds between the men are compellingly depicted. Bitter Eden is a tender, bitter, powerful book, of lives inexorably changed, of a war whose ending does not bring peace.

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