Harare North by Chikwava, Brian

Harare North (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780099526759)

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Harare North by Chikwava, Brian

Harare North

$16.95
Harare North by Chikwava, Brian

Harare North

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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In an astonishing, revelatory original debut, Caine Prize for African Writing winner Brian Chikwava tackles head-on the realities of life as a refugee When he lands in Harare North, our unnamed protagonist carries nothing but a cardboard suitcase full of memories and an email address for his childhood friend, Shingi. Finessing his way through immigration, he spends a few restless weeks as the very unwelcome guest in his cousin's home before tracking down Shingi in a squat. This shocking, powerful first novel is the story of a stranger in a strange land--one of the thousands of illegal Zimbabwean immigrants seeking a better life--with a past he is determined to hide. From the first line the language fizzes with energy, humor, and not a little menace. As he struggles to make his life in London (the "Harare North" of the title) and battles with the weight of what he has left behind in a strife-torn Zimbabwe, every expectation and preconception is turned on its head. The inhabitants of the squat function at various levels of desperation: Shingi struggles to find meaningful work and to meet the demands of his family back home; Tsitsi makes a living renting out her baby to women defrauding Social Services; Alex claims to have an important job in Croydon. Fearlessly political, laugh-out-loud funny, and with an anti-hero whose voice is impossible to forget, this novel is an arresting account of London as it is experienced by Africa's dispossessed.

Author: Brian Chikwava
ISBN-10: 0099526751
ISBN-13: 9780099526759
Publisher: Vintage UK
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2011
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 11/01/2010 pg. 24
By Brian Chikwava
By Brian Chikwava
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Brian Chikwava is among the exciting new generation of writers emerging from the African continent. His short story "Seventh Street Alchemy" was awarded the 2004 Caine Prize for African Writing.

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