The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
A Novel
Set in Namibia just after independence in the early 1990s, Peter Orner's first novel is a chronicle of the long days, short loves, and cold nights at Goas, an all-boys Catholic primary school so deep in the veld that even the baboons feel sorry for us. Though physically isolated in semi-desert beneath a relentless sun, the people of Goas create an alternate, more fertile universe through the stories they tell each other. The book's central character is Mavala Shikongo, a combat veteran who fought in Namibia's long war for independence against South Africa. She has recently returned to the school -- with a child, but no husband. Mavala is mod…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-316-07526-8
- EAN: 9780316075268
- Produktnummer: 27404718
- Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 785 KB
Über den Autor
Peter Orner is the author of three widely praised books, Esther Stories and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and Love and Shame and Love. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and The Best American Short Stories, and has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Orner is now a faculty member at San Francisco State University.
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