Signed. AFRICA ABLAZE. Poems and Prose Pieces of War and Civil Conflict. Patricia Schonstein

The poems and prose pieces in this compelling collection illustrate the enduring narrative of war and civil conflict in Africa.

Military strategists, commanding officers, warriors, conscripted youngsters and seasoned combatants are brought together from myriad and diverse battle landscapes to give voice to the horror and pathos of war. Around them, in a haunting chorus, are heard the laments of war-widows, survivors and those who bury the dead or gather up bones.

These voices remove the presumed glamour from war, exposing instead its carnage, the subsequent wasteland it gives rise to and the dirge of mourners trailing in its aftermath.

SIGNED BY PATRICIA SCHONSTEIN

2013. Firm softcover, 427 pages. Good condition. Tightly bound. Minor rust spots in front. Text block clean and neat. Parcel under 1kg.