Good day everyone. Sharing this story with you all. Hans Wette's world crashes as Nazism sweeps through Germany, forcing him to look beyond to a father in Africa he barely knows.
Set against the background of the early years of Nazi rule in Germany, Fortune Calls is a moving story of a mulatto as he confronts his identity in the new Germany. Loved by those who knew his soul; Hans grapples with hostility until it climaxes in a xenophobic attack that is characteristic of Nazi intolerance against non-Germans and multiracial Germans. Even his deep love for Germany and overwhelming commitment to his German family can not stop him from contemplating another path to his destiny. He braves the rough waves of the Atlantic Ocean and sails to Africa, dreaming of a new life with his father and adventures with his childhood friend who already calls Cameroon home. But Hans has no idea of the backwardness of the place that would become his new haven and of his expected role as the son of a legend in Africa. Now he must come to terms with his new family and environment, learn to prevail in another world that regards his father's people as a threat and fight his impulses to be at peace with his passions. Fortune Calls is the first book in a trilogy entitled Disciples of Fortune. It is the forerunner to Fortune's Master, the second book telling the story of Josef Nana Njike a whiz-kid adopted by a German colonial soldier and taken to Germany; where he earns a university degree, falls in love, cuddles a son he cannot raise as his own, and then returns to German Kamerun. Back home, he builds a family and business empire that opens the floodgates of Cameroonian consciousness and challenges the rule of the new French overlords in their plans for the total control of the former German colony. Even the support he gets from his German-born son does not make it an easy struggle. Fortune Calls (Disciples of Fortune) by Janvier Chando (Kindle Edition - 16 Nov 2010) - Kindle eBook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fortune-Calls-Disciples-of/dp/B004CRSTVE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1292471089&sr=8-4 --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
