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Buried in the Sky

by Rick Andrew · 2005

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Set both in the present and in the dust-laden reaches of Angola in 1976, Buried in the Sky is an album of stories about men, women and war.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
military historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thissoldierssoldiersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisAngolaAngolaMore like thisLess of thisNamibiaNamibiaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 207 pages

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