The Leper Compound
“The Leper Compound will ... remain with the reader long after the book has been closed.” — Stuart Dybek, author of I Sailed with Magellan
For Colleen, motherless at seven, isolated from her schizophrenic younger sister, illness unleashes the uncanny and essential of human identity. Growing into womanhood in Rhodesia’s final conflict-ridden years, she transgresses social, racial, and political boundaries in her search for connection. This masterly novel is a searing evocation of late-twentieth-century African life.
Paula Nangle was raised by missionaries in the United States and southern Africa and now lives in Benton Harbor, Michigan. This is her first novel.
- Author
- Paula Nangle
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Bellevue Literary Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9781934137062
- Genres
- fiction, zimbabwe, africa
- Release date
- 2008
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