Carolyn Slaughter (1) (1946–)
Auteur de L'amant indien
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A propos de l'auteur
Author Carolyn Slaughter was born in New Delhi, India in 1946. She grew up in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, but did not start writing until she left Africa in 1961. Her first novel was Dreams of the Kalahari and she explored her violent childhood in Before the Knife. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher plus Carolyn Slaughter was born in New Delhi, India and spent most of her childhood in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. After living for many years in London, she moved to the United States with her family in 1996. afficher moins
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Œuvres de Carolyn Slaughter
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- Date de naissance
- 1946
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- New Delhi, India
Botswana - Professions
- advertising copywriter
freelance writer
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 311
- Popularité
- #75,820
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 60
- Langues
- 6
Full disclosure: I am trying to whittle down some of the insane book stacks in my house and I don't know how long this book has been there. And the introductory note about how the book was based on the author's grandparent who was institutionalized both in India and in England after Independence hooked me. But it's such an icky mix of exoticism and wish fulfillment, not to mention the fact that the narrator seemed much more 1990s than 1920s. And the novel has this total happy ending where there should have been no happy ending anywhere in sight so I just felt manipulated and slightly complicit.… (plus d'informations)