BOOKS FROM LESOTHOThree Egg Dilemma
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Set in Lesotho
Male author
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From the best-selling author of How We Buried Puso, Three Egg Dilemma is a haunting and beautiful book. This is the story of Ex (Example), who lives in a township on the outskirts of a Lesotho town. He stays in his dead parents’ house, decorated with all his mother’s things, where he subsists by renting out back rooms. He drinks – too much – at Mada’s down the road, and has two friends: Sticks, who sells eggs on the street, and Latrine, so called because of his meagre digestion. Although Ex used to have broad horizons, his life now is limited by the street he lives on. Once he had a meaningful job, he travelled, and had both money and hope. Life and Lesotho have been badly knocked: the country has suffered droughts and is periodically thrown into turmoil by violent soldiers or attacks by roving bandits such as the vicious Zuluboy. A visionary novel, Morojele has built worlds and characters that are unforgettable. It is set to become a classic work of South African fiction.
