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Elleke Boehmer

Author of Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature 1870-1918

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About the Author

Elleke Boehmer is Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford.

Includes the names: R Boehme, R. Boehm

Image credit: Danielle Battigelli

Works by Elleke Boehmer

Empire Writing: An Anthology of Colonial Literature 1870-1918 (1998) — Editor — 87 copies
Nelson Mandela: A Very Short Introduction (2008) 76 copies, 1 review
Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (1995) 66 copies
Nelson Mandela (A Brief Insight) (2008) 17 copies
The Global Histories of Books: Methods and Practices (New Directions in Book History) (2017) 11 copies
Indian Arrivals, 1870-1915: Networks of British Empire (2015) 10 copies
To the Volcano, and other stories (2019) 9 copies
Empire, the National, and the Postcolonial, 1890-1920: Resistance in Interaction (2002) 8 copies
Bloodlines (2001) 8 copies
The Shouting in the Dark (2015) 8 copies
Screens Against the Sky (1990) 5 copies, 1 review
Stories of Women: Gender and Narrative in the Postcolonial Nation (2005) 4 copies
The Indian Postcolonial: A Critical Reader (2010) 4 copies
Nile Baby (2008) 3 copies
De antenne 3 copies
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Associated Works

One World Two: A Second Global Anthology of Short Stories (2016) — Foreword — 18 copies
J.M. Coetzee persoon en personage (2010) — Contributor — 8 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Boehmer, Elleke
Birthdate
1961
Gender
female
Nationality
South Africa

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Reviews

Screens against the Sky by Elleke Boehmer
Weird, utterly compulsive read that socks you in the stomach.
In the wake of the death of her father- a comfortably-off White S African with racist views - Annemarie and her mother enter a weird, cocooned existence. Security and comfort seem to be the watchword of mother's life now- a life based around food, trivia and long periods in their apartment.
As Annmarie- slowly, minimally - becomes aware of the very different existence led by the Black population, this "other world" out there threatens to break through the screens and mobiles with which the two women blot out Tough Questions.… (more)
 
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Awards

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The Sunday Times Fiction Prize
David Higham Prize for Fiction
Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature

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Sara Jeannette Duncan Contributor
J. A. Hobson Contributor
Mary Kingsley Contributor
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Peter Bergsma Translator

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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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Languages
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