Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 1998 Commonwealth Writers Prize. Charles Mungoshi is one of Africa's foremost creative writers - both for adults and children - and a past winner of The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. This new collection of short stories covers a range of characters and settings which portray people whose lives have been challenged by war and its aftermath, by changing cultural values, and by family commitments in a world that has lost its certitude. Relationships and locations are concrete, visual, cinematic. The stories question notions of value and responsibility. ...confirms Charles Mungoshi's position as Zimbabwe's most accomplished writer. His craftsmansip, his deft use of understatement, his profound understanding of people, the broad range of his sympathy, his tremendous sense of humour and his detailed knowledge of his society have established him as one of the most distinguished writers in the world today. - The Glendora Review Recommended for all collections of contemporary fiction. - Choice Mungoshi, one of Zimbabwe's finest writers, is at his best here. His clear and sophisticated style is well known - World Literature Today