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Andrew Harding

    Andrew Harding sa vo svojej tvorbe zameriava na pohlcujúce príbehy z afrického kontinentu, pričom často čerpá zo svojich skúseností ako dopisovateľ BBC. Jeho autorský štýl sa vyznačuje prenikavým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky a komplexných spoločenských tém, ktoré skúma prostredníctvom dramatických skutočných udalostí. Harding dokáže majstrovsky preplietať napätie skutočného zločinu s hlbokou analýzou motivácií svojich postáv a prostredia, v ktorom sa odohrávajú. Jeho diela ponúkajú čitateľom nielen napínavý zážitok, ale aj podnetné zamyslenie nad temnejšími stránkami ľudskej povahy a spoločenskými výzvami.

    The Mayor of Mogadishu
    A Small, Stubborn Town
    • A Small, Stubborn Town

      • 160 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      The Russians are invading. But the locals have a plan.[Bokinfo].

      A Small, Stubborn Town2023
      4,2
    • The Mayor of Mogadishu

      A Story of Chaos and Redemption in the Ruins of Somalia

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      In The Mayor of Mogadishu , one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents, Andrew Harding, reveals the tumultuous life of Mohamoud “Tarzan” Nur - an impoverished nomad who was abandoned in a state orphanage in newly independent Somalia, and became a street brawler and activist. When the country collapsed into civil war and anarchy, Tarzan and his young family became part of an exodus, eventually spending twenty years in north London. But in 2010 Tarzan returned, as Mayor, to the unrecognizable ruins of a city now almost entirely controlled by the Islamist militants of Al Shabab. For many in Mogadishu, and in the diaspora, Tarzan became a galvanizing symbol of courage and hope for Somalia. But for others, he was a divisive thug, who sank beneath the corruption and clan rivalries that continue, today, to threaten the country’s revival. The Mayor of Mogadishu is a rare an insider’s account of Somalia’s unraveling, and an intimate portrayal of one family’s extraordinary journey.

      The Mayor of Mogadishu2016
      4,0