Query: 1960s African novels but not set in Africa
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Zaabalawi
The Open Door (Latifa al-Zayyat novel)
The African (Conton novel)
L'Aventure ambiguë
The Seed and the Sower
Os Flagelados do Vento Leste
Evidence from documents: Zaabalawi: 1960s: It was first published in 1961
African novels: '''Zaabalawi''' () is a symbolic story written by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz
The Open Door (Latifa al-Zayyat novel): The English edition
'''''The Open Door''''' (El bab el maftuh) is a 1960 novel by Egyptian writer Latifa al-Zayyat. It won the inaugural Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. The novel, written in colloquial Egyptian Arabic explores a middle-class Egyptian girl's coming of age, against the background of the growing Egyptian nationalist movement before the 1952 Egypt revolution.
The African (Conton novel): 1960s African novels: '''''The African''''' is the 1964 debut novel by Sierra Leonean novelist and educator William Farquhar Conton. It was the 12th work published in Heinemann's African Writers Series.
but not set in Africa: The novel's plot revolves around the romance between a black African student and a white South African woman in England.
L'Aventure ambiguë: '''''L'Aventure ambiguë''''' is a novel by Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane, first published in 1961, about the interactions of western and African cultures.
The Seed and the Sower: 1960s African novels: is a book by South African writer Laurens van der Post,
1960s: published in 1963
but not set in Africa: The first story is set in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in Java
Os Flagelados do Vento Leste: '''''Os Flagelados do Vento Leste''''' (Portuguese meaning "The Victims Of The East Wind") is a novel published in 1960 by Cape Verdean author Manuel Lopes.