LEADER 03714nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910785040503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7974-4412-2 010 $a1-282-86888-8 010 $a9786612868887 010 $a0-7974-4340-1 010 $a0-7974-4341-X 010 $a0-7974-4223-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033884 035 $a(EBL)1135187 035 $a(OCoLC)741350449 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000432075 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11314498 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000432075 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10477723 035 $a(PQKB)10122794 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1135187 035 $a(OCoLC)659392358 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21925 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1135187 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10394823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286888 035 $a(PPN)227981472 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033884 100 $a20090225d2008 uy j 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aLong time coming$b[electronic resource] $eshort writings from Zimbabwe /$fedited by Jane Morris 210 $aAscot, Bulawayo $c'amaBooks$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (162 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7974-3644-8 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Arrested Development - Sandisile Tshuma; The Awards Ceremony - John Eppel; Bus Fare - Julius Chingono; Bababulele - John S. Read; The Chicken Bus - Linda Msebele; The Cracked, Pink Lips of Rosie's Bridegroom - Petina Gappah; Echoes of Silence - Raisedon Baya; Hwange - Andrew Pocock; Fiction - Brian Chikwava; The First Lady's Yellow Shoes - Peter Ncube; First Rain - Judy Maposa; Innocence - Ian Rowlands; Justice - Wim Boswinkel; King of Bums - Christopher Mlalazi; 10 Lanigan Avenue - Mathew Chokuwenga; Passing Villages - Anne Simone Hutton 327 $aA Lazy Sunday Afternoon - Monireh JassatLoving the Self - Bhekilizwe Dube; Miss Parker and the Tugboat - Bryony Rheam; Poetry is... - Ignatius T. Mabasa; Not Slaves to Fashion - Mzana Mthimkhulu; The Pencil Test - Diana Charsley; Pleasure - Chaltone Tshabangu; And the Rains Came - Pathisa Nyathi; Rain in July - Fungai Rufaro Machirori; Rum and Still Waters - Lloyd Robson; The Sadza Eaters (after Van Gogh) - David Goodwin; Safari - Owen Sheers; Six Pack - Wame Molefhe; Some Kind of Madness - Ignatius Mabasa; A Study in Blue - Deon Marcus; Stampede - Thabisani Ndlovu 327 $aWho Knows What Season Tomorrow Brings - Gothataone MoengVendor and Child - John Eppel; Contributors; Back Cover 330 $aLong Time Coming brings together short stories and poems from thirty-three writers that provide snapshots of this turbulent period in Zimbabwe's history. Snapshots of living in a country where basic services have crumbled: where shops have no food, taps no water, banks no money, hospitals no drugs, bars no beer. Snapshots of characters surviving against seemingly insurmountable odds. Horrific snapshots of the abuse of power, of violence and oppression, of the destruction of dreams. But this is Zimbabwe and there are lighter moments and moments of hope: in some of life's simple pleasures, in th 606 $aZimbabwean literature (English)$y20th century 606 $aZimbabwean literature (English)$y21st century 615 0$aZimbabwean literature (English) 615 0$aZimbabwean literature (English) 676 $a820 701 $aMorris$b Jane$f1953-$0850157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785040503321 996 $aLong time coming$93680747 997 $aUNINA