Windows into Zimbabwe : an anthology of short stories /
Windows into Zimbabwe : an anthology of short stories /
compiled and introduced by Franziska Kramer and Jürgen Kramer.
- xxxv, 284 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Queues dress / Fancy dress / That special place / Torn posters / Gugu Ndlovu -- When the moon stares / The trek / Sins of the fathers / Mainini Grace's promise / Message in a bottle / Gold digger / Albert Gumbo -- A land of starving millionaires / The donor's visit / Sekai Nzenza -- The rainbow cardigan / The Mupandawana dancing champion / Moria's interview / Dinner time / The letter / Farai Mpofu -- Shamisos / NoViolet Bulawayo -- A secret sin / Daniel Mandishona -- Seventh street alchemy / The General's gun / Jonathan Brakarsh -- The Grim reaper's car / Nevanji Madanhire. Shimmer Chinodya -- Alexander Fuller -- Freedom Nyamubaya -- Christopher Mlalazi -- Lawrence Hoba -- Charles Mugoshi -- Trespassers / Chiedza Musengezi -- Valerie Tagwira -- Isabella Matambanadzo -- Erasmus R. Chinyani -- John Eppel -- Petina Gappah -- Julius Chingono -- Bongani Sibanda -- Brian Chikwana --
"Over the past fifteen years, Weaver Press has published seven anthologies of some one hundred short stories giving voice to new and established Zimbabwean writers. In Windows into Zimbabwe Franziska Kramer and Jürgen Kramer have selected from these anthologies twenty-three stories, which they consider the best or most representative of a particular period in the Zimbabwean narrative since 1980. They present the stories within sections which frame certain themes such as Independence, Gukurahundi, Land, Gender Relations, Money Matters, Social Relations, Exile and Resilience"--Page 4 of cover.
9781779223487 177922348X
2020337065
Short stories, Zimbabwean (English)
Zimbabwe--Fiction.
PR9390.5 / .W56 2019
823.010896891
Includes bibliographical references.
Queues dress / Fancy dress / That special place / Torn posters / Gugu Ndlovu -- When the moon stares / The trek / Sins of the fathers / Mainini Grace's promise / Message in a bottle / Gold digger / Albert Gumbo -- A land of starving millionaires / The donor's visit / Sekai Nzenza -- The rainbow cardigan / The Mupandawana dancing champion / Moria's interview / Dinner time / The letter / Farai Mpofu -- Shamisos / NoViolet Bulawayo -- A secret sin / Daniel Mandishona -- Seventh street alchemy / The General's gun / Jonathan Brakarsh -- The Grim reaper's car / Nevanji Madanhire. Shimmer Chinodya -- Alexander Fuller -- Freedom Nyamubaya -- Christopher Mlalazi -- Lawrence Hoba -- Charles Mugoshi -- Trespassers / Chiedza Musengezi -- Valerie Tagwira -- Isabella Matambanadzo -- Erasmus R. Chinyani -- John Eppel -- Petina Gappah -- Julius Chingono -- Bongani Sibanda -- Brian Chikwana --
"Over the past fifteen years, Weaver Press has published seven anthologies of some one hundred short stories giving voice to new and established Zimbabwean writers. In Windows into Zimbabwe Franziska Kramer and Jürgen Kramer have selected from these anthologies twenty-three stories, which they consider the best or most representative of a particular period in the Zimbabwean narrative since 1980. They present the stories within sections which frame certain themes such as Independence, Gukurahundi, Land, Gender Relations, Money Matters, Social Relations, Exile and Resilience"--Page 4 of cover.
9781779223487 177922348X
2020337065
Short stories, Zimbabwean (English)
Zimbabwe--Fiction.
PR9390.5 / .W56 2019
823.010896891