The Walking Grave: and other stories
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CE6QBIS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 235 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here is a look at the African neighborhood; where people struggle to make seemingly nonexistent ends meet, yet defy the odds because, after all, to struggle is to be alive
From the Author Publishing this book provides some consolation, following years of frustration during which manuscripts festered under the pillow or on hard drives. Getting published in Africa is not an easy task. provides something of a release and, even if I may only sell a few books to a few friends, has enabled me to quench some of the thirst brought about by authorial vanity. At last, I have my name on something, perhaps not the cover of a "real," book, but this is even better. As already stated, the book market in Zimbabwe is pretty much non existent. The little demand that exists is fulfilled using photocopying machines
I was a mere passer-by. Tapiwa Zvakavapano was born in1983 in Zimbabwe; was schooled in Zimbabwe and obtained a Masters Degree inEnglish from the University of Zimbabwe. He has been thinking about going thePHD way for some time (If they granted a PHD for thinking about getting a PHD,he would have had one by now.) He is part of the Lemba Jews of Zimbabwe, andhas been learning some Hebrew while getting reconnected with his past. Tapiwalikes to call himself a passer-by,
on the way to the market Jack A. Zeller "She Froze her balls and other short stories" is about the complicated life of rural immigrants who now live in a poor suburb of Harare. It is about boredom, repetitious often silent disciplined daily journeys to work interspersed by infrequent conversations, thieves, murder, death, annoying and unburied dead, selective thieves who are not always, diligent women merchants and too many le. Kindle Customer said tried. I thought some of the stories were interesting but I need a lesson of African Language.