{"product_id":"a-man-of-good-hope-paperback","title":"A Man of Good Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonny Steinberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991, two-thirds of the city's population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Abdullahi. His mother murdered by a militia, his father somewhere in hiding, he was swept alone into the great wartime migration that scattered the Somali people throughout sub-Saharan Africa and the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This extraordinary book tells Asad's story. Tossed from one catastrophe to another, Asad's journey covers countries and continents, from the cosmopolitan streets of inner-city Nairobi to the Ethiopian hinterland; and the promises and pitfalls of Johannesburg, South Africa, whose streets he believed would be lined with gold. Thus begins a shocking adventure in a country richer and more violent than he could possibly have imagined, leading to the final coda of America. Throughout, \u003ci\u003eA Man of Good Hope \u003c\/i\u003eis a complex, affecting, ultimately hopeful portrait of Asad's search for salvation, suffused with dreams and desires and a need to leave something permanent on this earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonny Steinberg was born and bred in South Africa. He is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSizwe's Test\u003c\/i\u003e, published by Vintage (also published under the title \u003ci\u003eThree Letter Plague\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as \u003ci\u003eMidlands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Number\u003c\/i\u003e, both of which won South Africa's premier nonfiction literary award, the Sunday Times Alan Paton Prize. Steinberg was also a recipient of one of the inaugural Windham Campbell Prizes. He teaches African Studies at Oxford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750347505952,"sku":"9780804171045","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c94307b7d513b5725067bcee57557b48.webp?v=1779948691","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-man-of-good-hope-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}