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Irene Sabatini

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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

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Winner of the ORANGE PRIZE FOR NEW WRITERS 2010

I was born some forty years ago in Hwange, a coal ming town in west Zimbabwe. I grew up in Bulawayo, the second largest city in Zimbabwe.

Bulawayo is known for its rather sleepy, laid back nature and its graceful colonial era architecture, examples of which can be found on my website www.irenesabatini.com.

I spent many hours in the fabulous Public Library, down in the basement of the children's section devouring everything from Enid Blyton to Shane by Jack Schaefer, one of my favourite books.

I left quiet Bulawayo for,'The Sunshine City', Harare, to attend university. Harare is all hustle and bustle, with some fantastic futuristic buildings.

After university I went to Colombia where I stayed fo...more


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Average rating: 3.70 · 201 ratings · 58 reviews · 1 distinct work
The Boy Next Door
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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Where The Idea of My Novel Came From (Biographies & Memoirs)
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Irene Sabatini made a comment on Video Trailer for the UK Edition of THE BOY NEXT DOOR: A NOVEL :
"Meet Lindiwe Bishop as she presents her country and her story with Ian in Zimbabwe through the 1980s and 1990s. "
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Irene Sabatini gave 4 of 5 stars false to:
City Boy by Edmund White
City Boy: My Life in New York in the 1960s and 70s
by Edmund White
read in November, 2009
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Nov 11, 2009 10:32am
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The Beautiful Room is Empty by Edmund White
The Beautiful Room is Empty
by Edmund White
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Nov 08, 2009 02:05am
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A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
A Boy's Own Story
by Edmund White
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Nov 08, 2009 02:05am
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
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Nov 08, 2009 02:04am
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
by Michael Chabon
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Nov 08, 2009 02:04am
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Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
Specimen Days: A Novel
by Michael Cunningham
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Nov 08, 2009 02:04am
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The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
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Nov 08, 2009 02:03am
Irene Sabatini gave 3 of 5 stars false to:
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam Trilogy #2)
by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
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