Contemporary fiction books set in Botswana (2)
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Ve, cuéntaselo al sol by Wame M. Molefhe ES
BotswanaDescription:
Una mujer se presenta en el funeral de su amante, un prolífico escritor botsuanés. Otra, rememora un viejo amor con su amiga de la infancia, mientras medita sobre la libertad que ha alcanzado un chimpancé que se escapa de un zoo. Esta misma mujer —que podría ser otra— recibe una carta: «No pude soportarlo. Me voy a un lugar mejor». La «enfermedad aguda», conocida como «las cuatro letras» y a la que nadie le quiere dar un nombre, empieza a hacer estragos en el entorno de una mujer, su esposo y su amante. En el pueblo de su madre, una mujer recuerda su infancia y los dictámenes de la tradición. ... continue
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Go Tell the Sun by Wame Molefhe EN
Description:
WAME MOLEFHE's stories have a gentle, unassuming yet intimate and captivating feel to them. Set in Botswana, the stories trace the lives of characters whose paths cross and re-cross each others', some times in and through love, at other times through tragedy. And through them the author brings to bear a woman's perspective on the societal mores in which sexual abuse, homophobia and AIDS, among others, flourish and spread. The social content and views are never proclaimed as a loud agenda; instead, it forms a 'natural' backdrop to the lives of the characters, something that may raise a wry comm... continue
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