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Little Family
From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. A powerful novel about young people living at the margins of society, struggling to replace the homes they have lost with the one they have created together. Hidden away from a harsh outside world, five young people have improvised a home in an abandoned airplane, a relic of their country’s tumultuous past. Elimane, the bookworm, is as street-smart as he is wise. Clever Khoudiemata maneuvers to keep the younger kids—athletic, pragmatic Ndevui, thoughtful Kpindi, and especially their newest member, Namsa—safe and fed. When Elimane makes himself of service to the shadowy William Handkerchief, it seems as if the little family may be able to keep the world at bay and their household intact. But when Khoudi comes under the spell of the “beautiful people”—the fortunate sons and daughters of the elite—the desire to resume an interrupted coming of age and follow her own destiny proves impossible to resist. A profound and tender portrayal of the connections we forge to survive the fate we’re dealt, Little Family marks the further blossoming of a unique global voice.
Radiance of Tomorrow
A haunting, beautiful first novel by the bestselling author of A Long Way Gone. Named one of the Christian Science Monitor's best fiction books of the year. When Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone was published in 2007, it soared to the top of bestseller lists, becoming an instant classic: a harrowing account of Sierra Leone's civil war and the fate of child soldiers that "everyone in the world should read" (The Washington Post). Now Beah, whom Dave Eggers has called "arguably the most read African writer in contemporary literature," has returned with his first novel, an affecting, tender parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone. At the center of Radiance of Tomorrow are Benjamin and Bockarie,...
A Long Way Gone
At the age of twelve, Ishmael Beah fled attacking rebels in Sierra Leone and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal. This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
Summary of Ishmael Beah's A Long Way Gone
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first time I was touched by war was when I was twelve years old. I left home with my brother and friend Talloi to go to the town of Mattru Jong to participate in a friends’ talent show. We were introduced to rap music during one of our visits to Mobimbi, a quarter where the foreigners who worked for the same American company as my father lived. #2 I had learned how to dance to hip-hop music, and my friends and I would mimic the songs when we were alone. One afternoon, Father came home and asked me if I could even understand what I was saying. I had learned how to dress fashionably, which would help me when I arrived in America. #3 The next day, we went to visit our friends in Mattru Jong. We learned that the rebels had attacked the mining areas in the afternoon, causing people to flee in different directions. fathers came running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses. #4 I was anxiously waiting to see if I would see my family, but there was no news of them. I couldn’t believe that the war had actually reached our home. It was impossible.
A Long Way Gone
The First-Person Account Of A 26-Year-Old Who Fought In The War In Sierra Leone As A 12-Year-Old Boy. This Is The Story Of How Wars Are Fought Now: By Children, Hopped-Up On Drugs And Wielding Ak-47S. In More Than Fifty Conflicts Going On Worldwide, It Is Estimated There Are Some 300,000 Child Soldiers. Ishmael Beah Used To Be One Of Them. What Is War Like Through The Eyes Of A Child Soldier? How Does One Become A Killer? How Does One Stop? Child Soldiers Have Been Profiled By Journalists, And Novelists Have Struggled To Imagine Their Lives. But Until Now, There Has Not Been A First-Person Account From Someone Who Came Through This Hell And Survived. Ishmael Beah, Now Twenty-Five Years Old, ...
A Long Way Gone
Di dalam lebih dari 50 konflik penuh kekerasan di dunia ini, diperkirakan ada 300.000 personel tentara anak-anak. Ishmael Beah adalah salah satunya. Dia terpaksa menjadi seorang tentara anak-anak karena perang saudara di negerinya, Sierra Leone, telah merenggut keluarganya. Pilihannya hanya ada dua : menjadi tentara satu pihak, atau mati. Seperti apakah perang di mata para tentara anak-anak? Bagaimana anak-anak bisa berubah menjadi seorang pembunuh? Bagaimana pula mereka bisa berhenti membunuh dan kembali menjadi warga sipil? Tentara anak-anak sudah ditulis profilnya oleh para jurnalis, namun hanya sedikit yang berada di dalam neraka itu dan berhasil keluar dengan selamat untuk kemudian menceritakannya kepada dunia. Ishmael Beah menuliskannya untuk Anda. [Bentang, Novel, Memoar, Indonesia]
Radiance of Tomorrow
In a parable about postwar life in Sierra Leone, two long-time friends return to their ruined home village and struggle to rebuild in the face of violence, scarcity, and a corrupt foreign mining company.
The Pact
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A remarkable story about the power of friendship. Chosen by Essence to be among the forty most influential African Americans, the three doctors grew up in the streets of Newark, facing city life’s temptations, pitfalls, even jail. But one day these three young men made a pact. They promised each other they would all become doctors, and stick it out together through the long, difficult journey to attaining that dream. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt are not only friends to this day—they are all doctors. This is a story about joining forces and beating the odds. A story about changing your life, and the lives of those you love most... together.
A Long Way Gone
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They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that needs negligible technology, is simple to sustain, has unlimited versatility, and an incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism. What are these cheap, renewable, plentiful, sophisticated, and expendable weapons? Children. This important book is part of a passionate personal mission against the use of child soldiers, by the three-star general who commanded the UN mission in Rwanda. When Romeo Dallaire was tasked with achieving peace there in 1994, he and his force found themselves caught up in a vortex of civil war and genocide. He left Rwanda a broken man, disillusioned, suicidal, a story he told in th...
