Congo

The search for diamonds, a crucial scientific breakthrough and a mythical ruined city set off this adventure into the heart of the Congolese jungle. The American expedition is led by Karen Ross, desperate to find her husband and recover the data he found before he disappeared. But there are other teams trying to get there first, and the way is strewn with life-threatening dangers -- plane crashes, civil wars and a dormant volcano awoken by dormant explosives. In the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. Rider Haggard, Congo is a novel of high adventure from the master of the modern thriller.

The search for diamonds, a crucial scientific breakthrough and a mythical ruined city set off this adventure into the heart of the Congolese jungle. The American expedition is led by Karen Ross, desperate to find her husband and recover the data he found before he disappeared. But there are other teams trying to get there first, and the way is strewn with life-threatening dangers -- plane crashes, civil wars and a dormant volcano awoken by dormant explosives. In the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle and H. Rider Haggard, Congo is a novel of high adventure from the master of the modern thriller.

FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY ‘Not only deserves the description “epic”, in its true sense, but the term “masterpiece” as well’ Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world’s most critical failed nation-states: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Interweaving his own family’s history with the voices of a diverse range of individuals – charismatic dictators, feuding warlords, child soldiers, and many in the African diaspora of Europe and China – Van Reybrouck offers a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective and returning a nation’s history to its people.

FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY ‘Not only deserves the description “epic”, in its true sense, but the term “masterpiece” as well’ Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world’s most critical failed nation-states: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Interweaving his own family’s history with the voices of a diverse range of individuals – charismatic dictators, feuding warlords, child soldiers, and many in the African diaspora of Europe and China – Van Reybrouck offers a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective and returning a nation’s history to its people.

En milepæl i den politiske og historiske reportage. Die Welt Forfatteren begynder sin levende beretning i 1850 erne og giver et uafrysteligt indblik i slavehandelen og gummiproduktionen i slutningen af 1800-tallet det belgiske koloniherredømme kampen for selvstændighed og Mobutus brutale diktatur og i årsagerne til de krige som har hærget landet fra 1996 til i dag de grusomste konflikter siden Anden Verdenskrig. David van Reybrouck er belgisk kulturhistoriker arkæolog og prisbelønnet forfatter. Congo Historien om Afrikas hjerte bygger på et unikt kildemateriale og på hans mange rejser i Centralafrika. De mange hundrede interviews han har lavet i Kinshasas slum og i bittesmå landsbyer såvel som blandt udvandrede afrikanere i Europa og Kina kaster nyt lys over en rig og uhyre kompleks historie. Pressen skrev: Beskriver på forbilledlig vis Congos seneste ca. 150 års historie & et standardværk Jyllands-Posten (seks stjerner) Har man lyst til at blive klogere på Congo kan jeg ikke forestille mig et bedre udgangspunkt end David van Reybroucks monumentale portrætbog Congo Politiken (seks hjerter) Bogen er spækket med detaljer nerve kant vid og ynde. Det er Congo uden filter. Weekendavisen Læs bogen! Og du bliver ikke bare klogere på Congo men på Afrika og hvis man læser særligt intenst godt bliver du også klogere på Europa. Velkomponeret velfortalt er den et væld af indsigt. - Information