Winner of the Noma Award. Bones is the poetic and evocative novel by Chenjerai Hove, offering an intimate view into the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and the minds of those who were left behind. To Marita, an illiterate labourer on a commercial farm, the promise of independence for Rhodesia means very little. Poverty persists and her white boss continues the brutal treatment of his workers. Yet, for her son, it is a matter of life and death. Told through the voices of the people whose lives she touched, we witness Marita's ...
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Winner of the Noma Award. Bones is the poetic and evocative novel by Chenjerai Hove, offering an intimate view into the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and the minds of those who were left behind. To Marita, an illiterate labourer on a commercial farm, the promise of independence for Rhodesia means very little. Poverty persists and her white boss continues the brutal treatment of his workers. Yet, for her son, it is a matter of life and death. Told through the voices of the people whose lives she touched, we witness Marita's devastation at her son's choice to run away and fight for liberation - and her determination to discover what happened to him. Written in a blend of poetic prose and oral tradition, Bones is rich with Shona idioms and dares to ask how a nation can be free when its oppressors refuse to leave. 'Chenjerai Hove's figure looms large in Zimbabwe's literary pantheon.' Guardian 'A harrowing tale.' New York Times
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Oxford. 1990. Heinemann. 2nd Printing. Very Good in Wrappers. 0435905767. African Writers Series. 113 pages. paperback. AWSunnumbered. Cover design by Keith Pointing. Cover illustration by Maggie Smith. Illustrated by Paula Cox. keywords: Literature Zimbabwe Africa. FROM THE PUBLISHER-WINNER OF THE 1989 NOMA AWARD. First published in Zimbabwe, where it received wide praise, Bones is a confident and convincing extended prose poem. In this novel, Chenjerai Hove has successfully engaged language which is marvellously rich in Shona idiom to give Zimbabwean peasants a voice, a means of conveying their struggle for liberation in an essentially white man's world. The psychological and physical struggle of Marita, a farm labourer on a white commercial farm, is a powerful central thread within a complex but accessible poetic tapestry. Memories of those who knew this influential woman throw up images of the determination she had to bring her son safely back from the freedom fighters and liberation war, and of how she stood strong against oppression whilst others tended towards subservience. Marita's story powerfully illustrates how attitudinal change is a vital ingredient in the fight for freedom. Janita, Marita's disciple and her son's lover, reiterates this strength, keeping the fighting spirit against the oppressors alive. 'His village is the world and its simple and unsophisticated peasants are actors who portray our roles under oppression today. ' inventory #44696.
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