An elegy for Easterly

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Title:

An elegy for Easterly

Author:

Gappah, Petina, 1971-

ISBN:

9780571246939

Personal Author:

Gappah, Petina, 1971-

Publication Information:

London : Faber and Faber, 2009.

Physical Description:

277 pages ; 21 cm

Contents:

At the sound of the last post -- An elegy for Easterly -- The annexe shuffle -- Something nice from London -- In the heart of the Golden Triangle -- The Mupandawana dancing champion -- Our man in Geneva wins a million euros -- The maid from Lalapanzi -- Aunt Juliana's Indian -- The cracked, pink lips of Rosie's bridegroom -- My cousin-sister Rambanai -- The negotiated settlement -- Midnight at the Hotel California.

Subject Term:

Short stories, Zimbabwean (English)

Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741

Short stories, Zimbabwean (English) (OCoLC)fst01117444

Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811

Roman.

Geographic Term:

Harare (Zimbabwe) -- Fiction.

Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1980- -- Fiction.

Zimbabwe -- Social conditions -- 1980- -- Fiction.

Zimbabwe. (OCoLC)fst01209419

Zimbabwe -- Harare. (OCoLC)fst01224146

Simbabwe.

Englisch.

Genre:

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

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Summary

Petina Gappah is the voice of Zimbabwe. In this astonishingly powerful debut collection, she dissects with real poignancy the lives of people caught up in a situation over which they have no control, as they deal with spiralling inflation, power cuts and financial hardship - a way of life under Mugabe's regime - and cope with issues common to all people everywhere; failed promises, disappointments and unfulfilled dreams. Compelling, unflinching and tender, An Elegy for Easterly is a defining book, and a stunning portrait of a country in chaotic meltdown.