{"product_id":"2940046367812","title":"Colonial Adventure: Graphic Novella and Short Stories in Rhythmic Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003eColonial Adventure is a graphic novella written in rhythmic prose depicting a slice of British colonial history (1936—1977) as experienced by individuals on both sides of the racial conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a British couple who leave the sophistication of London to establish a large agricultural operation in what was then Southern Rhodesia, later Rhodesia and now Zimbabwe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the rise of Black Nationalism, the black majority rebels leading to a brutal civil war that has a severe impact on the two families, one black and one white, whose lives the story follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the shorter stories, also written in rhythmic prose, one concerns a female architect from Haiti, another a young boy abandoned at a country fair by his mother and a third addresses an over-reaction in the climate of fear surrounding Islam. The fourth story portrays an outrage committed against a teenager seeking to free herself from family domination, while the last tale is a dramatic monologue conducted by an African dictator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H.Ann Ackroyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174506840304,"sku":"2940046367812","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046367812_p0.jpg?v=1763690868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046367812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}