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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785040103321

Autore

Mlalazi Christopher

Titolo

Dancing with life [[electronic resource] ] : tales from the township / / Christopher Mlalazi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bulawayo [Zimbabwe], : 'amaBooks, c2008

ISBN

0-7974-4411-4

1-282-86892-6

9786612868924

0-7974-4349-5

0-7974-4348-7

0-7974-4229-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (90 p.)

Disciplina

823.92

Soggetti

Short stories, Zimbabwean (English)

Short stories - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; BrokenWings; Election Day; The Border Jumpers; Eeish!; Dancing with Life; The Matchstick Man; Fragments; When The Fish Caught Him; The Bulldozers Are Coming; A Heart in My Hole; Glossary; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Dancing with Life is a collection of short stories by Christopher Mlalazi. He has had stories published in anthologies inside and outside Zimbabwe, this is his first collection. ""Christopher Mlalazi may well be the most promising young writer in Zimbabwe today. His fiction captures the edgy energy of townships where young people have learned to be light on their feet, their dancing born of economic necessity and mocking disrespect for traditional authority. Mlalazi depicts contemporary life in Zimbabwe with an uncompromising determination to explore grievous social wounds and with a creative