{"product_id":"bitter-eden-paperback","title":"Bitter Eden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTatamkhulu Afrika\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA STONEWALL HONOR BOOK OF LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e'S GREAT READS OF 2014 \u003cbr\u003eA 2015 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA modern classic being introduced to the United States for the first time, Tatamkhulu Afrika's autobiographical novel illuminating the profound and incomparable bonds forged between prisoners of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is based on Tatamkhulu Afrika's own capture in North Africa and his experiences as a prisoner of war during World War II in Italy and Germany. This frank and beautifully wrought novel deals with three men 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 among the men are heartbreakingly depicted. \u003ci\u003eBitter Eden\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, bitter, deeply felt book of lives inexorably changed, and of a war whose ending does not bring peace.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTatamkhulu Afrika\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Egypt in 1920 of an Arab father and a Turkish mother. He was brought to South Africa in 1923, orphaned, and raised by Christian foster parents. He served in World War II in the North African Campaign, and was a POW for three years in Italy and Germany. At the age of seventeen he published a novel in Great Britain entitled \u003ci\u003eBroken Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, but did not write again for fifty years. \u003ci\u003eBitter Eden\u003c\/i\u003e was first published when he was eighty years old. He died in December 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748176462112,"sku":"9781250063762","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/801d94f3e4030beac805152b261eb2cd.webp?v=1779905766","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bitter-eden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}