28 Oct / The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji [in AsianWeek]
Calling himself “quite an ordinary man” even as he tops his country’s List of Shame, Vikram Lall recounts four decades of his “in-between” life in Kenya. A third-generation African of Asian Indian descent, he is not African enough, and certainly not on par with the ruling whites. A horrific childhood tragedy determines the rest of his life, leading him eventually into hiding in faraway Canada.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, October 28, 2004
Tidbit: Vassanji was a guest at SALTAF 2005 (South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival), a much-anticipated, highly-attended annual fall event sponsored by the Smithsonian APA Program and NetSAP-DC.
Readers: Adult
Published: 2004
By in Adult Readers, African, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Indian, Indian African, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American
Tags > AsianWeek, Betrayal, BookDragon, Coming-of-age, Family, Friendship, Identity, Immigration, In-Between World of Vikram Lall, M.G. Vassanji, Sibling rivalry