Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter - Softcover

Maraire, J.Nozipo Knosana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857997735 ISBN 13: 9781857997736

Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1996

Synopsis

Written as an extended letter from a black Zimbabwean mother to her daughter leaving for a university place in America, this refreshing and poignant first novel draws back a veil to reveal life in Africa today. Using the lyrical African tradition of dialogue through storytelling, she weaves her tales into a complex fabric of experiences and so reveals the texture of her culture and the rich colours of her own life. The stories, a blend of traditional African folklore, personal tragedy and candid observations, speak of the beauty of love and passion, the burden of oppression and the pain of loss. Through Zimbabwe s fight for independence, ZENZELE reveals the inner struggles of a woman to render comprehensible the contradictions of the revolution and define a role for herself as a woman and mother.

About this title

About the Author

J. Nozipo Maraire wrote the 1996 New York Times Notable Book of the Year Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter. She was born in Zimbabwe in 1966, where she stayed in until she was 18, and moved to the United States to study at Harvard University. She left Zimbabwe during the war and fulfilled her dream of someday returning as a doctor who could assist both Africa's economy and health care. She currently splits her time between Zimbabwe and the United States.

From the Inside Flap

rdinary novel--written as a letter from a Zimbabwean mother to her daughter, a student at Harvard--Maraire transforms the lessons of life into a lyrical narrative about love, war, separation, and the very meaning of being a woman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857997735
• ISBN 13: 9781857997736
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192