Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro

Stories from Africa

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Jarda Cervenka ISBN: 9781475953657
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Jarda Cervenka
ISBN: 9781475953657
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, sufferand then want to return to the Dark Continent again.

His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girland who encounters a prostitute in an unusual circumstance while on a business trip in Lagos. In another tale, a Californian professor with malformed feet travels to a deep jungle to learn how to construct orthopedic shoes, which change his life. Finally, three adventurers, kidnapped by ruthless robbers, get help from a French secret agent and a dose of luck.

Life in Africa can be grim and disturbing, but theres also humor, humanity, and lots of adventure in the Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro.

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Author Jarda Cervenka discovers that reality is often stranger than fiction while living and traveling in East and West Africa. In this collection of stories set in Africa, he describes how those who do not belong, sufferand then want to return to the Dark Continent again.

His tales recall a calm village man whose best time in life was the Biafra war, two young Americans who hitchhike to Lake Baringo in Kenya, and a Peace Corps volunteer who disappears in the deadly Niger River delta. He also tells of a young businessman from Baltimore who is in love with an Igbo girland who encounters a prostitute in an unusual circumstance while on a business trip in Lagos. In another tale, a Californian professor with malformed feet travels to a deep jungle to learn how to construct orthopedic shoes, which change his life. Finally, three adventurers, kidnapped by ruthless robbers, get help from a French secret agent and a dose of luck.

Life in Africa can be grim and disturbing, but theres also humor, humanity, and lots of adventure in the Four Thorns of Kilimanjaro.

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