Good Morning Comrades

Posted on 23 May 2017 by Ondjaki

Luanda, Angola, 1990 Ndalu is a normal twelve year old boy in an extraordinary time and place Like his friends, he enjoys laughing at his teachers, avoiding homework and telling tall tales But Ndalu s teachers are Cuban, his homework assignments include writing essays on the role of the workers and peasants, and the tall tales he and his friends tell are about a criminal gang called Empty Crate which specializes in attacking schools Ndalu is mystified by the family servant, Comrade Antonio, who thinks that Angola worked better when it was a colony of Portugal, and by his Aunt Dada, who lives in Portugal and doesn t know what a ration card is In a charming voice that is completely original, Good Morning Comrades tells the story of a group of friends who create a perfect childhood in a revolutionary socialist country fighting a bitter war But the world is changing around these children, and like all childhood s Ndalu s cannot last An internationally acclaimed novel, already published in half a dozen countries, Good Morning Comrades is an unforgettable work of fiction by one of Africa s most exciting young writers. Download Good Morning Comrades author Ondjaki – kino-fada.fr Do you feel nostalgia for a communist past that never existed Do you strongly miss your childhood even if it was lived in the midst of war Do you think that school days were the best days of your life even if you could barely stand getting up in the morning If this is your frame of mind, then there is no better book than Good Morning Comrades for you.The debut novel of famous Angolan author, Ondjaki, Good Morning Comrades follows the daily life of Ndalu The schoolg...Good Morning Comradesis the delightful debut novel by Angolan author Ondjaki pen name for Ndalu de Almeida Published in 2001 in Portuguese and engagingly translated by Stephen Henighan 2008 , it launched Ondjaki s writing career that has brought him recognition and several international literary awards For this novel, which tells the coming of age story of Ndalu and his school friends, Ondjaki mined his own memories of childhood and experiences while growing up in Luanda the capital duGood Morning Comradesis the ...Simple charming child s eye view of life in Angola during revolutionary changes civil war in the 1990s The Afterword provides a lot of good historical context about Angola s history, as well as the var...H algum tempo que n o me ria tanto com um livro Ap s o almo o, esplanada nesta bela tarde de Verono, ri a bom rir, feita parva com a camarada professora foguete , o Bruce Lin , vox v gen , ch kingue o gloss rio no final deu um certo jeito no in cio, se bem que h muito cal o que tamb m existe por c e outro que reconhe o do Brasil Lembra me Capit es da Areia , num outro tempo, outro continente, certo, mas mesma tem tica Ignorante como sou da hist ria angolana, fiquei com imensa c H algum tempo que n o me ria tanto com um livro Ap s o almo o, esplanada nesta bela tarde de Verono, ri a bom rir, feita parva com a camarada professora foguete , o Bruce Lin , vox v gen , ch kingue o gloss rio no final deu um certo jeito no in cio, se bem que h muito cal o que tamb m existe por c e outro que reconhe o do Brasil Lembra me ...Ondjaki s writing style is very simple, making it an easy read However, the way that the narrator tells the story so simply is shocking when you realize the reality that he lives in, and how normal it is This books has very well developed themes which make it a great book for discussion groups.Out of the mouths of babes Good Morning Comrades is set in Angola in the early 90s, among civil war and supposed post colonialism spearheaded by the liberating comrades from Cuba and the Soviet Union, with roving gangs of bandits and political unrest And all witnessed through the eyes of a 12 year old boy who s never known anything else and is just as cheerfully proud of it all as you d expect of a good citizen I m always a bit worried when...This is a simple but evocative story about a boy in Angola who is about to finish school, structured around two big disruptions that threaten to come into his life The first is all anticipation but ultimately baseless, as rumors and lies about a local gang causes a panic in the protagonist s school one afternoon The second comes as a surprise but haslasting consequences as the Cold War suddenly ends, sending Angola into a period of rapid change a change that, it s not mentioned in the n This is a simple but evocative story about a boy in Angola who is about to finish school, structured around two big disruptions that threaten to come into his life The first is all anticipation but ultimately baseless, as rumors and lies about a local gang causes a panic in the protagonist s school one afternoon The second comes as a surprise but haslasting consequences as the Cold War suddenly ends, sending Angola into a period of rapid change a change that, it s not mentioned in the novella but c...Read for office book club.I was really excited to read this one It takes place in Angola and it s quite rare for a fiction book out of Angola to be translated to English and it takes place on the cusp of the brief peace in angola s civil war Pluses, it was meant to address what it was like to have Cuban teachers, and living in a place where war was going on so long it was normalized The back cover made it sound great.Well it wasn t It was boring, there was zero plot, and beyond even tha Read for office book club.I was really excited to read this one It takes place in Angola and it s quite rare for a f...Qu puedo decir Es la pregunta que siempre me hago al escribir estas mini rese as que a nadie le interesan Quiz las hago m s para m , para recordar c mo me sent o qu de importante tuvo el libro Me llevo de este en particular conocimientos, pocos pero nuevos, sobre Angola Me llevo un sentido de patriotismo bello, un amor verdadero por tu pa s que solo puede ser inculcado desde la infancia Y la estupenda sensaci n...Tudo depende dos homens e de seus cora es, da firmeza com que lutam por seus ideais, a simplicidade que colocam em suas a es, do respeito que sentem pelos companheiros.Palavras do camarada Professor ngel.Livro narrador pelo menino Ondalu que vivencia na escola as amizades e as saudades das despedidas Vemos uma sociedade angolana independente e com muitos problemas que s o suavizados pela crian a, que mostra a naturalidade em comentar crimes e sit...

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23 May 2017

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