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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier by Alexandra Fuller
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
- NO
- ISBN
- 9780143035015
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143035010
ISBN-13
9780143035015
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45025198
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scribbling the Cat : Travels with an African Soldier
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Sociology / General, Africa / South / General, Personal Memoirs, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Africa / South
Genre
Travel, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Searing, at times intoxicating prose... striking, intimately revealing..." - The Washington Post " Scribbling the Cat defies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book." - O, The Oprah Magazine "[ Scribbling the Cat ] is no more a simple profile of an ex-soldier than Fuller''s first book, the acclaimed bestseller Don''t Let''s Go to the Dogs Tonight , was merely a memoir of growing up.... The story catches fire." - Newsweek, "Searing, at times intoxicating prose... striking, intimately revealing..." -- The Washington Post " Scribbling the Cat defies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book." -- O, The Oprah Magazine "[ Scribbling the Cat ] is no more a simple profile of an ex-soldier than Fuller's first book, the acclaimed bestseller Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , was merely a memoir of growing up.... The story catches fire." -- Newsweek, "Searing, at times intoxicating prose... striking, intimately revealing..."-- The Washington Post " Scribbling the Cat defies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book."-- O, The Oprah Magazine "[ Scribbling the Cat ] is no more a simple profile of an ex-soldier than Fuller's first book, the acclaimed bestseller Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , was merely a memoir of growing up.... The story catches fire."-- Newsweek, Searing, at times intoxicating prose . . . striking, intimately revealing . . . ( The Washington Post ) Scribbling the Cat defies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book. ( O, The Oprah Magazine ), "Searing, at times intoxicating prose... striking, intimately revealing..." - The Washington Post " Scribbling the Cat defies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book." - O, The Oprah Magazine "[ Scribbling the Cat ] is no more a simple profile of an ex-soldier than Fuller's first book, the acclaimed bestseller Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , was merely a memoir of growing up.... The story catches fire." - Newsweek, Searing, at times intoxicating prose . . . striking, intimately revealing . . . (The Washington Post) Scribbling the Catdefies easy definition . . . [a] wild-hearted beauty of a book. (O, The Oprah Magazine)
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
968.9404/2
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "tough bugger." Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him; he told Bo: "Curiosity scribbled the cat." Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendship with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian war. With the same fiercely beautiful prose that won her acclaim for Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight , Fuller here recounts her friendship with K. K is, seemingly, a man of contradictions: tattooed, battle scarred, and weathered by farm work, he is a lion of a man, feral and bulletproof. Yet he is also a born-again Christian, given to weeping when he recollects his failed romantic life, and more than anything else welling up inside with memories of battle. For his war, like all wars, was a brutal one, marked by racial strife, jungle battles, unimaginable tortures, and the murdering of innocent civilians--and K, like all the veterans of the war, has blood on his hands. Driven by K's memories, Fuller and K decide to enter the heart of darkness in the most literal way--by traveling from Zambia through Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and Mozambique to visit the scenes of the war and to meet other veterans. It is a strange journey into the past, one marked at once by somber reflections and odd humor and featuring characters such as Mapenga, a fellow veteran who lives with his pet lion on a little island in the middle of a lake and is known to cope with his personal demons by refusing to speak for days on end. What results from Fuller's journey is a remarkably unbiased and unsentimental glimpse of men who have killed, mutilated, tortured, and scrambled to survive during wartime and who now must attempt to live with their past and live past their sins. In these men, too, we get a glimpse of life in Africa, a land that besets its creatures with pests, plagues, and natural disasters, making the people there at once more hardened and more vulnerable than elsewhere. Scribbling the Cat is an engrossing and haunting look at war, Africa, and the lines of sanity.
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- r***7 (822)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseFantastic Seller. Fast delivery and Expertly packed to ensure the item is safe. Great Communication when asking a question and always polite and to the point. Item received is exactly what was described. Fair price charged and cost was not over the top. So very, very pleased with this Seller I will rate them No.1 and made the experience of buying on EBay a VERY HAPPY one. Thank you so much.Motocross (Action Sports) by (#126762130007)
- c***c (489)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBook was as described (condition - very good) and received in a timely manner. Happy with the price/deal! Seller provided good communications and tracking number. Packaging could have been better; 3 hardback books shipped in plastic bag mailer that arrived with a good-sized tear in it. Thankfully none of the books were damaged or lost. Will certainly consider future purchases from this seller!The Enemy Within by Bond, Larry, Larkin, Patrick (#306128993957)
- 8***3 (704)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseListing said "with charm" but no charm included but I'm okay with that; the book is in Very Good condition as stated in listing; no damage to pages nor markings on pages; well packaged for its protection from mailing damage; received earlier than expected; good Seller; would buy from again. Want to note that a separate package came from this Seller with a different book inside that I did not order nor was I charged for it. I tried to contact the seller, but there is no way to do so.