I really enjoyed the different episodes of the different times in the lives of this particular family and their involvement in all the political circumstances they have lived under. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I'm not sure that Vassanji's prose is quite good enough to make me want to devote all that additional time to this book, but it's still worth the read, if only for the fictionalised introduction it gives to the history of Indian settlers in eastern Africa. Before coming to Canada in 1978, he attended MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, where he specialized in theoretical nuclear physics. The very title " gunny sack" promised much hertitage as it means a sack used for travelling. About The In-Between World of Vikram Lall.

actually, didn't finish it. Read this many years ago and reread it to see if it was as good as I remembered. This is the story of an extended Asian family who live in Tanzania. Inside it he discovers the past — his own family’s history and the story of the Asian experience in East Africa. Refresh and try again. I enjoyed The Assassin's Song by MG Vassanji, so I thought I was in for a good read. [M G Vassanji] -- Far away from the coastal Dar es Salaam of his childhood, salim Juma inherits his great-aunt Ji-Bai's ancient gunny sack. It's definitely still one of my favorite books set in East Africa. Thank you. In Australia, these sacks, made of Indian jute, were known traditionally as 'hessian sacks', 'hessian bags' or 'sugar bags'.[2]. The progression from one kind of power to various others was really interesting and gave an insight into the struggles East Africa faced in the past century or so.

Good, but one of those books which requires a second or third reading in order to understand its complicated mix of characters, relationships and events. Vikram Lall comes of age in 1950s Kenya, at the same time that the colony is struggling towards independence. The author finds this and it is a metaphor for the discovery of his familial hertitage as he traces his ancestry from India to Africa.

As the novel begins, Salim Juma, in exile from Tanzania, opens up a gunny sack bequeathed to him by a beloved great-aunt. This is the story of an extended Asian family who live in Tanzania. This book is a fascinating look into a small community of people living somewhere in Gujarat, India who changed their religion from Hinduism to Mohammedinism, inspired apparently by a strange fakir who suddenly appeared in their village. Even though gunny sacks are no longer used for that purpose, among farmers in Idaho, United States the common measurement unit of potatoes is still the "sack". Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published As the novel begins, Salim Juma, in exile from Tanzania, opens up a gunny sack bequeathed to him by a beloved great-aunt.

After reading a Naipul book, Half a Life, also about Africa, and seeing a review by the Times comparing Vassanji to Naipul and Graham Greene (one of my favourite writers), I had to read this book. Please see your welcome email for exclusions and details. This was one of the most readable university books I ever came across. This book was boring and not at all engaging. Memory, Ji Bai would say, is this old sack here, this poor dear that nobody has any use for any more. There's so much which has been lost in the mists of Time.... all of which is tantalising and very interesting. For as long as people have been telling stories, we’ve spun tales of the monsters and nightmares that lurk in the shadows of our imaginations.... To see what your friends thought of this book, Human beings have always migrated across the world. Couldn't finish this book ... gave it 150 pages. Vassanji's writings, which have received considerable critical acclaim, often focus on issues of migration, diaspora, citizenship, gender and ethnicity. This is a story of several generations of them, how they lived & earned their livelihood under German rule, then under the British and later after the end of colonialism how they adjusted to African self rule, how they suffered and lived and claimed their unique heritage. This book is a fascinating look into a small community of people living somewhere in Gujarat, India who changed their r. Human beings have always migrated across the world. The failure is mine, not the writer's. The novelist provides an insightful look also into the culture of one particular group of Indians who were born and grew up in East Africa during the mid 20th century. Sometimes they have been forced to by victorious rulers, sometimes due to economic factors or love of adventures, other reasons too. Against the unsettling backdrop of Mau Mau violence, Vic and his sister Deepa, the grandchildren of an Indian railroad worker, search for their place in a world sharply divided between Kenyans and the British. Lively characters and a humorous touch kept me wondering what would happen next. The progression from one kind of power to various others was really interesting and gave an insight into the struggles East Africa faced in the past century or so. The gunny sack : a novel. It's a decent story, just a little scattered and tedious at times. This was ok. Not as good as The In Between World of Vikram Lal though...read it if you are particularly interested in East Africa or the Indian disapora in Africa. Sometimes they have been forced to by victorious rulers, sometimes due to economic factors or love of adventures, other reasons too.

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