{"product_id":"the-devil-that-danced-on-the-water-a-daughters-quest-paperback","title":"The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAminatta Forna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraised as \"a shining example of what autobiography can be: harrowing, illuminating and thoughtful\" (USA Today), Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood which became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness or exile in Britain and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMohamed Forna was a man of unimpeachable integrity and enchanting charisma. As Sierra Leone faced its future as a fledgling democracy, he was a new star in the political firmament, a man who had been one of the first black students to come to Britain after the war. He stole the heart of Aminatta's mother to the dismay of her Presbyterian parents and returned with her to Sierra Leone. But as Aminatta Forna shows with compelling clarity, the old Africa was torn apart by new ways of western parliamentary democracy, which gave birth only to dictatorships and corruption of hitherto undreamed-of magnitude. It was not long before Mohamed Forna languished in jail as a prisoner of conscience, and worse to follow. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAminatta's search for the truth that shaped both her childhood and the nation's destiny began among the country's elite and took her into the heart of rebel territory. Determined to break the silence surrounding her father's fate, she ultimately uncovered a conspiracy that penetrated the highest reaches of government and forced the nation's politicians and judiciary to confront their guilt. The Devil that Danced on the Water is a book of pain and anger and sorrow, written with tremendous dignity and beautiful precision: a remarkable, and important, story of Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAminatta Forna is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eAncestor\u003cbr\u003eStones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hired Man\u003c\/i\u003e, as\u003cbr\u003ewell as the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Devil That Danced on the Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Forna's\u003cbr\u003ebooks have been translated into twenty languages. Her essays have appeared\u003cbr\u003ein \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently the Director of the Lannan Center for\u003cbr\u003ePoetics and Social Practice at Georgetown University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759122153760,"sku":"9780802160867","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/055089e324283625bd49335beaf1a74d.webp?v=1780142868","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-devil-that-danced-on-the-water-a-daughters-quest-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}