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Opinecone on November 13, 2023 5:32 pm Not exactly about settlers starting a new life, but you might be interested in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Jack-Campin on November 13, 2023 5:38 pm Camara Laye, *The Radiance of the King*. Graham Greene, *The Heart of the Matter*.
unlovelyladybartleby on November 13, 2023 7:21 pm The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb Power of One/Tandia/Fortune Cookie/Jack of Diamonds/Whitethorn by Bryce Courtenay
u-lala-lation on November 13, 2023 9:24 pm The Long Silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden, but warning for the nonsensical deaf rep. There’s also some colonists/settlers in Ancestors by Chenjari Hove, but again beware the overly metaphorical deaf character.
Sensitive-Lobster on November 14, 2023 4:29 pm You *might* find J. M. Coetzee’s works interesting–I’m thinking of “Waiting for the Barbarians” in particular.
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Isak Dinesen’s Out of Africa.
Not exactly about settlers starting a new life, but you might be interested in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Camara Laye, *The Radiance of the King*.
Graham Greene, *The Heart of the Matter*.
Wilbur Smith
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
Power of One/Tandia/Fortune Cookie/Jack of Diamonds/Whitethorn by Bryce Courtenay
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Long Silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden, but warning for the nonsensical deaf rep.
There’s also some colonists/settlers in Ancestors by Chenjari Hove, but again beware the overly metaphorical deaf character.
You *might* find J. M. Coetzee’s works interesting–I’m thinking of “Waiting for the Barbarians” in particular.