by Stefanie Zweig · Debolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497933315
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«En un lugar de África» is the novel by Stefanie Zweig, published by Debolsillo in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a Jewish family that escapes Nazi Germany and settles on a farm in Kenya. The story is seen through the eyes of Regina, the daughter, who grows up between the African landscape and the memory of the lost home. The narrative speaks of uprootedness, identity and the capacity for adaptation while the war continues in Europe.
First instalment of the Nowhere in Africa series. Original work: «Nirgendwo in Afrika», translated by Mª José Díez and Diego Friera.
For readers of historical fiction and stories of exile, memory and cultural clash during the Second World War.
Stefanie Zweig was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel is based on her early life in Kenya, where her family had fled to escape persecution in Nazi Germany. The film adaptation of the novel (2001) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her books have sold more than seven million copies, and have been translated into fifteen languages.
