{"id":11947,"date":"2020-08-07T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilfu2021.ilfu.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11947"},"modified":"2020-09-18T11:01:08","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T09:01:08","slug":"ilfu-book-talk-petina-gappah","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ilfu2021.ilfu.com\/en\/evenement\/ilfu-book-talk-petina-gappah\/","title":{"rendered":"ILFU Book Talk: Petina Gappah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The death of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone was the starting point for Petina Gappah&#8217;s new novel <em>Out of Darkness,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Dark Shining Light<\/em> (Atlas Contact). In an online Book Talk she will speak about her latest novel with journalist and host Aldith Hunkar. Writer and scientist Roanne van Voorst will give a laudation in Gappah&#8217;s honour.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Livingstone&#8217;s death, his servants decide to transport his body to the nearest port city so that he can be turned over to the colonial rulers. The journey that Livingstone&#8217;s loyal entourage undertook and all the intrigues surrounding the journey had fascinated Gappah for a long time.<\/p>\n<h3>About Petina Gappah<\/h3>\n<p>Zimbabwean writer and lawyer Petinah Gappah lives and works in Berlin. She received the Guardian First Book Award for her first collection, <em>The Dance Champion and Other Stories from Zimbabwe<\/em>. She also received many awards for this collection in America. Although the book has been described as a collection of stories about every layer of Zimbabwean culture, she would rather not be seen as the voice of Zimbabwe. Her work has appeared in many languages. Her novel debut,<em> The Book of Memory<\/em>, was released in 2015. This novel also ended up on several longlists and on the shortlist for the Prix Femina \u00e9tranger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A fascinating novel&#8217; (**** Dutch daily NRC Next)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Out of Darkness,<\/em>\u00a0<em>Dark Shining Light<\/em> is so light-footed and entertaining that you hardly notice how deeply Gappah explores the tension between cultures &#8230; A wise and witty novel&#8221; (Dutch daily Trouw)<\/p>\n<p>(photo \u00a9 Henry Oliver Hakulandaba)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone was the starting point for Petina Gappah&#8217;s new novel Out of Darkness,\u00a0Dark Shining Light (Atlas Contact). 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