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Kid Moses
Author(s): Mark R Thornton (Author)
- Publisher: Arcade Publishing
- Publication Date: 27 Oct. 2015
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781628725711
- ISBN-13: 9781628725711
Book Description
Unsentimental, honest, brutal, and lyrical, this hypnotically written book provides insight into the issues that affect modern Africa: the relationship between human beings and the wilderness, the needs of the displaced and the dispossessed, and the ties that bind us together. Mark Thornton uses the experiences of one unfortunate but resourceful child to juxtapose urban homelessness with societies found in the wild, showing that even in places of violence and indifference, human compassion can be found.
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Editorial Reviews
Review
“Thornton keeps an even tone with the kind of spare, austere language that reflects Moses’s stoic attitude and prevents the book from turning maudlin or crusading. . . . [Kid Moses] is a little boy with big contradictions, well worth following on his safari.” —The New York Times Book Review
With the excitement of the archetypal perilous adventure, Thornton’s stark, beautiful prose will hold readers in this story of a young boy’s struggle to survive in Tanzania today. . . . It’s the crisply evoked small moments in this tale of a homeless kid on the run that give the novel its remarkable power. —Booklist, starred review
[Moses’s] is a rough, tough life forthrightly told. . . . Highly recommended for all fiction readers. —Library Journal, starred review
“Thornton excels in showing a harrowing adult world through the eyes of a child who has been forced to grow up early. In the end, this is the rare work of fiction about childhood that refuses to admit any sentimentality into the narrative.” —Publishers Weekly
Kid Moses is a lyrical, touching and profound book. —The Witness, Durban, South Africa
An open-ended odyssey, as restless and contemplative as a traveler in the trackless veld. . . . This is a wonderfully honest, unsentimental and brutal look at issues that are affecting Africa today. —Cape Times, South Africa
An exquisite narrative, harrowing, yet poignant. –Bookslive
