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Beschreibung

When
seven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and the
death of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he is
convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-out
electrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness and
superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphere
of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, he
is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters with
ancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To
move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past.

An eclectic, experimental
novel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

When
seven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and the
death of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he is
convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-out
electrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness and
superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphere
of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, he
is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters with
ancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To
move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past.

An eclectic, experimental
novel, 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: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781913175504
ISBN-10: 1913175502
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Mudzingwa, Farai
Auflage: International
Hersteller: Cassava Republic Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 239 x 159 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Farai Mudzingwa
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,518 kg
Artikel-ID: 126873778