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- catalog abstract ""Michael Painter, an Irishman teaching in a Catholic Mission School in Nigeria, is, by temperament and choosing, an observer. Boredom and the fear of emotional involvement seem always to prevent him from taking a decisive leap. And so, as the relief planes lift the European doctors, teachers and priests out of a country convulsed by a violent Civil War they cannot comprehend, Painter remains behind." "Still in search of something to give meaning to his life, Painter is submerged in the conflict as rival armies shuttle back and forth across the enormous battlefield, wreaking identical cruelties, slaughtering and being slaughtered. For Painter, as for the starving Biafrans, there is no real end to flight." "In a spare, muted style, Vincent Banville communicates the horror of Africa at war in a work of extraordinary power and depth. this is a timely re-issue of a celebrated novel that paints a picture of the beginnings of a struggle that endures to this day."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12733785.
- catalog coverage "Nigeria History Civil War, 1967-1970 Fiction.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""In a spare, muted style, Vincent Banville communicates the horror of Africa at war in a work of extraordinary power and depth. this is a timely re-issue of a celebrated novel that paints a picture of the beginnings of a struggle that endures to this day."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Michael Painter, an Irishman teaching in a Catholic Mission School in Nigeria, is, by temperament and choosing, an observer. Boredom and the fear of emotional involvement seem always to prevent him from taking a decisive leap. And so, as the relief planes lift the European doctors, teachers and priests out of a country convulsed by a violent Civil War they cannot comprehend, Painter remains behind." "Still in search of something to give meaning to his life, Painter is submerged in the conflict as rival armies shuttle back and forth across the enormous battlefield, wreaking identical cruelties, slaughtering and being slaughtered. For Painter, as for the starving Biafrans, there is no real end to flight."".
- catalog extent "235 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1904301002 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dublin : New Island,".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria History Civil War, 1967-1970 Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria".
- catalog spatial "Nigeria.".
- catalog subject "823/.914 22".
- catalog subject "Irish Nigeria Fiction.".
- catalog subject "Irish fiction Nigeria.".
- catalog subject "Missions Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR6052.A572 E53 2002".
- catalog subject "Teachers Fiction.".
- catalog title "An end to flight / Vincent Banville.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".