Grace and Other Stories - Bongani Sibanda - Livres - Weaver Press - 9781779223098 - 2 novembre 2016
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Grace and Other Stories

Bongani Sibanda

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Grace and Other Stories

This collection of short stories explores the 'survival of the fittest' in the hardship and poverty of a remote village in Matabeleland. Bongani Sibanda draws his characters and their situations with a sardonic eye and caustic humour. Sibanda satirises churches which enrich their leaders with the tithes of the poor, and draws our attention to self-proclaimed pastors who use the 'gospel of nationalism and patriotism' to persuade their congregants to desist from supporting opposition politics. The church is also a source of the villagers' weekly entertainment, with its cleansing ceremonies and the interrogation of witches: belief has a place, but so too does theatre. Patriarchy, family hierarchies, and the traditional position of women and children, all fall under Sibanda's wry but compassionate scrutiny. We feel an intimacy with the villagers as we learn about how they cope: with no self-pity, little ambition, but a fierce determination to survive.

Médias Livres     Paperback Book   (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé 2 novembre 2016
ISBN13 9781779223098
Éditeurs Weaver Press
Pages 120
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 8 mm   ·   136 g
Langue et grammaire English