Without a Name by Yvonne Vera

Without a Name by Yvonne Vera

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Set in Zimbabwe, "Without a Name" is the story of Marvita, who travels from the country to Harare to escape the war and begin a new life. "Under the Tongue" deals frankly with the subject of incest.

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Without a Name by Yvonne Vera

In Without a Name (1994), Mazvita, a young woman from the country, travels to Harare to escape the war and begin a new life. But her dreams of independence are short-lived. She begins a relationship of convenience and becomes pregnant. In Under the Tongue (1996), the adolescent Zhizha has lost the will to speak. In lyrical fragments, Vera reveals the story of Zhizha's parents, and the horrifying events that led to her mother's imprisonment and her father's death. With this novel Vera became the first Zimbabwean woman ever to deal frankly with incest. With these surprising, at times shocking novels Vera shows herself to be a writer of great potential.
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ISBN 13 9780374528164
ISBN 10 0374528160
Title Without a Name
Author Yvonne Vera
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Year published 2002-02-13
Number of pages 234
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