Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1 Narrating Values: Describing a World 19
5. 2 Shaaban Robert: The Optimism of Writing 47
6. 3 The Crisis of the Bildungsroman 63
7. 4 Euphrase Kezilahabi: An Initiatory Realism 78
8. 5 The Political Novel 95
9. 6 Mohamed Suleiman Mohamed: Narrating a Dual Reality 115
10. 7 Criminals & the Corrupted 127
11. 8 Investigations & Enigmas 142
12. 9 Said Ahmed Mohamed: The Dark Side of Images 163
13. Conclusion 178
14. Bibliography 182
15. Index 193