herero mention

[markus peterseil]

Paul Mackin <pmackin at clark.net> wrote:

<No idea how extensively the topic is covered in the
<book itself--Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader.

I do not know the book mentioned above but I am presently reading a book by
some  Andreas Selmeci which deals with the Schwarzkommando and Pynchon's
representation of the Herero history. It is quite good and concise reading.
I do not know whether there is also an English edition of this small book.
For all of you interested:

Andreas Selmeci, Dag Hendrichsen. Das Schwarzkommando. Thomas Pynchon und
die Geschichte der Herero. Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag, 1995.

(deals with both, GR and V.)

markus
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