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Avenues By Train
Buch von Farai Mudzingwa
Sprache: Englisch

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Whenseven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and thedeath of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner's Drift, he isconvinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-outelectrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andsuperstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereof the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, heis tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Tomove forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimentalnovel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice
Whenseven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and thedeath of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner's Drift, he isconvinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-outelectrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andsuperstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereof the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, heis tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Tomove forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimentalnovel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice
Über den Autor
Farai Mudzingwa is a freelance writer. His short fiction has been published by Weaver Press, Kwani? and Enkare Review II and his longform articles and reporting have been featured in Chimurenga Chronic, The Mail & Guardian, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Africa Is A Country, This Is Africa, The Africa Report and New Humanitarian. Farai was shortlisted for the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship (2019), the Short Story Day Africa competition (2019) and the Yvonne Vera competition (2013). He was longlisted for the Writivism competition in 2016. He lives in Harare.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781913175504
ISBN-10: 1913175502
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mudzingwa, Farai
Hersteller: Cassava Republic Press
Maße: 239 x 159 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Farai Mudzingwa
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,518 kg
Artikel-ID: 126873778
Über den Autor
Farai Mudzingwa is a freelance writer. His short fiction has been published by Weaver Press, Kwani? and Enkare Review II and his longform articles and reporting have been featured in Chimurenga Chronic, The Mail & Guardian, The Johannesburg Review of Books, Africa Is A Country, This Is Africa, The Africa Report and New Humanitarian. Farai was shortlisted for the Miles Morland Writing Scholarship (2019), the Short Story Day Africa competition (2019) and the Yvonne Vera competition (2013). He was longlisted for the Writivism competition in 2016. He lives in Harare.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781913175504
ISBN-10: 1913175502
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mudzingwa, Farai
Hersteller: Cassava Republic Press
Maße: 239 x 159 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Farai Mudzingwa
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,518 kg
Artikel-ID: 126873778
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