An Act of Defiance.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabatini, Irene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships.

Women lawyers.

Diplomats.

Harare (Zimbabwe)--Fiction.

Harare (Zimbabwe).

Zimbabwe--Politics and government--Fiction.

Zimbabwe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The Indigo Press, 2020.

Summary:

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 the case, and the president's youth wing terrorizing 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-realization. Irene Sabatini, winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers, navigates Zimbabwe's unfolding political crises, showing how the dehumanizing effects of state-sponsored violence can shape and remake a life. An Act of Defiance is a sweeping political drama about a young woman's fight for love and agency in turbulent times.

Contents:

Intro

Part One Capture

Part Two The Wonders of the Revolution

Part Three Flight

Part Four Return

Part Five Breath

Part Six Captive

Part Seven Shelter

Part Eight The Breathing of Spirits

Part Nine The Giving of Aid

Part Ten Beginnings

Afterword 23 December 2017

Author's Note

Acknowledgements

About the Author

The Indigo Press.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781911648055

1911648055

OCLC:

1140508296