Shadows by Chenjerai Hove
The shadows of the title are those of war, death and life itself. The novel was inspired when the author witnessed two young lovers who opted for death instead of life. The two lovers are innocents in a world where people have little control over their lives, struggling to survive in a barren land.-
Things Fall Apart
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A Grain of Wheat
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No Longer at Ease
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God's Bits of Wood
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Kehinde
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Joys of Motherhood
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When Rain Clouds Gather
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Weep Not, Child
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The Money Order
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The Gunny Sack
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In the Ditch
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The Interpreters
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Voices Made Night
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I Write What I Like
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A Woman Alone
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Maru
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Travels
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Time of the Butcherbird
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From a Crooked Rib
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Xala
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Mission to Kala
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The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales
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A Question of Power
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Labyrinths
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In the Hour of the Signs
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The Fate of Vultures
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Black Sunlight
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The House of Hunger
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Serowe
Hove, Chenjerai: - Chenjerai Hove is an award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, poet, essayist and journalist whose work has been translated into numerous languages. Educated in Zimbabwe and South Africa, Hove's publications include the novels Bones (winner of the prestigious Noma Award, Baobab Books, Harare, and Heinemann, England, 1988), Shadows (Baobab and Heinemann, 1988), and Ancestors (Macmillan/Picador, England, 1996); such poetry collections as Up In Arms (Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1982), Blind Moon (Weaver Press, Harare, 2003), and Red Hills of Home (Mambo Press, Gweru, 1984). He is also the author of the collection of essays Shebeen Tales (Baobab Books, Harare, and Serif, London, 1994). Hove, who has published several volumes in his indigenous language of Shona, has worked as a columnist, translator, editor and lecturer in Zimbabwe and numerous other countries. Currently on exile in Norway, he has lived and taught in Kenya, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Switzerland, France, and the United States. He recently completed the translation of Shakespeare's King Lear into Shona.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780435905910 |
| ISBN 10 | 0435905910 |
| Title | Shadows |
| Author | Chenjerai Hove |
| Series | African Writers Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks |
| Year published | 1992-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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