Overview
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a 2006 book of memoirs by Peter Godwin. It is a continuation of Godwin's earlier memoirs, Mukiwa. The book was published by Picador.
Content
Godwin, a White Zimbabwean follows the escalating political change in his home country as bloody land invasions and corruption engulf the country. He visits besieged white farmers and the families of those murdered. The book concentrates on conflicts between the MDC and Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF and on family dynamics. His family's connections to the situation in Zimbabwe are thoroughly explored, in particular with the revelation that his father was a Polish Jew fleeing the Warsaw ghetto.
Reception
"Tender, frustrated, unsentimental – this potent memoir holds little joy for Zimbabwe but is fiercely proud of its subjects' unyielding integrity." James Urquhart, The Independent.
"His book is heartfelt, absorbing and profoundly moving." Ian Critchley, The Sunday Times
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