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Peter Abrahams

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Peter Abrahams


Born
in Vrededorp, South Africa
March 03, 1919

Died
January 18, 2017

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Peter Abrahams was a South African-born Jamaican novelist, journalist and political commentator.

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Average rating: 3.92 · 1,535 ratings · 169 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors
Mine Boy
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3.93 avg rating — 1,131 ratings — published 1946 — 37 editions
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Tell Freedom: Memories of A...
4.22 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1982 — 33 editions
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A wreath for Udomo
3.94 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1956 — 17 editions
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The Path of Thunder
3.58 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1954 — 16 editions
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The View from Coyaba
3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions
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Wild Conquest
4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1982 — 13 editions
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This Island Now
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions
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Crackling Day
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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A Night of their own
3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1965 — 2 editions
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The Black Experience in the...
3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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“You see, love is strong. Stronger than hate even. Love is the only thing that can kill hate, nothing else. You see, hate destroys and that's why love is stronger. It builds. There is hope for all the colored people in this country while one white woman can love one colored man. Love keeps one alive. It makes you understan and fight...”
― Peter Abrahams, The Path of Thunder
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“I don't want anything now, Sarie thought, not a thing in the world. I have everything I want. Yesterday I wanted so much without knowing what. Today I've got everything...”
― Peter Abrahams, The Path of Thunder
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“And over and over she told him she loved him. And over and over he told her he loved her. And it was always a new thing that they told each other.”
― Peter Abrahams, Mine Boy
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