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An Act of Defiance

ISBN-13: 9781911648048

Author(s): Irene Sabatini

Subjects: FA, FBA

Publisher: The Indigo Press

Publisher Imprint: The Indigo Press

Publication Date: 19-03-2020

Format: Paperback / softback

Availability: In stock

£10.99
An Act of Defiance

About the book

How can you imagine the future when your story traps you in the past? Harare, 2000. Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is an urbane and charismatic junior diplomat, attached to Harare with the American embassy. With high-level pressure on Gabrielle to drop her case, and Robert Mugabe's youth wing terrorising his political opponents as he tightens his grip on power, they begin a tentative love affair. But when they fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splinter across continents and their stories diverge, forcing Gabrielle on a painful journey towards self-realisation. Irene Sabatini, winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers, navigates Zimbabwe's unfolding political crises, showing how the dehumanising effects of state-sponsored violence can shape and remake a life.