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SUMMARY:Petina Gappah / Out of Darkness\, Shining Light
DESCRIPTION:The Bindery hosts a special afternoon event with Petina Gappah (The Book of Memory) reading from her second novel\, Out of Darkness\, Shining Light. Please join us! \n“This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi\, the Doctor\, David Livingstone\, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.” So begins Petina Gappah’s powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa — the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone’s body\, his papers and maps\, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of Africa\, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there. Narrated by Halima\, the doctor’s sharp-tongued cook\, and Jacob Wainwright\, a rigidly pious freed slave\, this is a story that encompasses all of the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization — the hypocrisy at the core of the human heart — while celebrating resilience\, loyalty\, and love. \n\n“Engrossing\, beautiful\, and deeply imaginative\, Out of Darkness\, Shining Light is a novel that lends voice to those who appeared only as footnotes in history\, yet whose final\, brave act of loyalty and respect changed the course of it. An incredible and important book by a masterful writer.” ​– Yaa Gyasi\, author of Homegoing \n\nPetina Gappah is an award-winning and widely translated Zimbabwean writer. She is the author of two novels\, Out of Darkness\, Shining Light\, The Book of Memory\, and two short story collections\, Rotten Row andAn Elegy for Easterly. Her work has also been published in\, among others\, The New Yorker\, Der Spiegel\, The Financial Times\, and the Africa Report. For many years\, Petina worked as an international trade lawyer at the highest levels of diplomacy in Geneva where she advised more than seventy developing countries from Africa\, Asia\, the Caribbean and Latin America on trade law and policy.  Petina has also been a DAAD Writing Fellow in Berlin\, an Open Society Fellow and a Livingstone Scholar at Cambridge University.  She has law degrees from Cambridge\, Graz University in Austria\, and the University of Zimbabwe. She currently lives in Harare. Author photo by Marina Cavazza. \n\nPlease note: this event will be held at The Bindery\, 1727 Haight. \nThis is an all ages event. The bar opens with The Bindery at 2pm; event starts at 4pm. \nAs with all of our events\, seating may be limited; you can guarantee a seat by pre-purchasing the book below — when checking out\, just be sure to include a note that you’d like to attend the event. If you cannot attend the event but would like to request a signed copy of any of Petina’s other books\, order here and include your request in the comments field. \nRSVP appreciated but not required.
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LOCATION:The Bindery\, 1727 Haight St\, San Francisco \, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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