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- Short Writings from Bulawayo
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: amabooks
summary
Short Writings from Bulawayo won the Literature in English category at the 2005 Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association awards. It is a book of stories, poems and non-fiction pieces that are evocative of Zimbabwe's second city and its rural surroundings. The collection from 23 contributors tells of many things: of family and friendship, or fear and death, or witches and spirits, of hunger and drought, of dreams and aspirations, of leaving home and leaving Zimbabwe, of queues and loneliness, of football and bicycles and of growing old and of love. A unifying theme of many of the stories and poems is loss - of innocence, of purpose, of love, of culture, of belonging, and of life.
Table of Contents
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- White Man Walking
- pp. 4-6
- The Little House e
- pp. 7-10
- Evil That Fathers Do
- p. 11
- Ever Smart
- pp. 16-21
- The Hand of Darkness
- pp. 22-34
- Bush Cucumber
- p. 35
- Rain in Winter
- p. 55
- The Erl-king
- p. 60
- Man in Stocking
- p. 67
- A Seed of Hope
- pp. 68-74
- The Boxing Day Clashes of 1929
- pp. 82-87
- Developing Rhodes’ Grave
- pp. 90-94
- On a Day Like This
- pp. 95-100
- Grandfather’s Birthday
- pp. 101-107
- Mtagati Mkulu
- pp. 111-121
- Prima Donna
- p. 122
- The Apple Tree
- p. 123
- Contributors
- pp. 129-134
Additional Information
ISBN
9780797443310
Related ISBN(s)
9780797425408
MARC Record
OCLC
732605394
Pages
144
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No