- Fiction, Journalists, Literature, Political prisoners
WAITING FOR AN ANGEL marks the debut of one of Africa's most promising new writers.Lomba is a young journalist living under military regime in Lagos, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Helon Habila
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 228
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton, Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Group UK
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780393325119
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“IN THE MIDDLE of his second year in prison, Lomba got access to pencil and paper and he started a diary.”
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