Book set in Kezi, Zimbabwe. Reviewed on 2020/05: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_sXUrjAU4u/
#thestonevirgins by #yvonnevera is in a lot of ways very similar to my previous book: #aquestionofpower by #bessiehead . There is something very raw, #visceral and powerful going on here. Maybe the two differences between two are in style and #historical narrative. #vera seems obsessed with these sharp and succinct sentences which feel like drops of acid perforating something within you. Then you have the links between this story and #zimbabwe ‘s path from #britishcolony #rhodesia to #independende to #robertmugabe ‘s reign of terror which continues to haunt the country in so many ways. How do you portray the lives of the real people enduring all of this together as in an interconnected matrix of deep suffering? #poetry could be the beginning of that journey. That’s why Vera makes splendid use of it. #highlyrecommended #bulawayo #kezi #gulati #zimbabweanliterature #fsgbooks
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