Call And Response, 9780861547104
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Gothataone Moeng was born in Serowe, Botswana. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Fiction, a Summer Workshop scholar at Tin House, and an Emerging Writer Fellow at A Public Space. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, One Story, Virginia Quarterly Review, A Public Space, Ploughshares and Oxford American. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Mississippi. She is currently at work on a novel.
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Paperback. Etat : New. 'A terrific collection' Monica Ali, author of Brick Lane and Love MarriageA Most Anticipated Title for Oprah Daily, Essence, BuzzFeed, The Millions and Brittle PaperFull of heart and humour, Gothataone Moeng's first collection, set between the rural village of Serowe and the thrumming capital city of Gaborone, captures a chorus of voices from a country in flux.Meet a young woman who has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year, and a teenage girl who shies away from the room where her once vibrant aunt lies dying. Elsewhere, watch as a younger sister hides her romantic exploits from her family while her older brother openly flaunts his infidelities, and a traveller returns home laden with confusion and shame.Moeng, part of a new generation of writers coming out of Africa whose work is exploding onto the literary scene, offers us an insight into communities, experiences and landscapes through these cinematic stories peopled with unforgettable female protagonists.'A good short story is a bit of alchemy, showing us so much in so few pages. Gothataone Moeng's debut collection does this over and over.' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9780861547104
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. A young widow has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year. But her act of remembrance has become her shield against the world, a world she isnt sure she is willing to re-enter.Meanwhile, a teenage girl shies away from the room where her once vibrant aunt lies dying. Torn between her duty to her family and her desire to find her own way in the world, she neglects her nursing duties and goes in search of freedom. But this freedom will come at a costElsewhere, a younger sister knows the price shell have to pay if she fails to conceal her sexual exploits. But as her brother flaunts his own infidelity, she starts to question the double standards that her family take for grantedGothataone Moengs unforgettable stories transport us to contemporary Botswana, where women are navigating the competing pulls of independence and family ties, love and opportunity. Suffused with beauty and humour, bringing to life the culture of contemporary Botswana, Call and Response explores the. clash between tradition and modernity, ancestral expectations and imported dreams. A richly drawn collection of stories that brings contemporary Botswana to life Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780861547104
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