The uncertainty of hope [[electronic resource] /] / Valerie Tagwira

• Autore: Tagwira Valerie
• Pubblicazione: Harare, : Weaver Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Soggetto geografico: Zimbabwe Fiction
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; The Author; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Glossary of Words; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira, a novel which Charles Mungoshi calls 'an astonishing debut'. Through the various and complex lives of Onai Moyo - a market woman and responsible mother of three children, and her best friend Katy Nguni - a vendor and black-market currency dealer - we are given an insight into the challenges that face those who only survive by their wits, their labour and their mutual support. In doing so Tagwira aptly captures how precarious the future is for the inhabitants of Mbare, Zimbabwe in 2005. The story of these two close friends is situated in a high-densit
• Titolo autorizzato: The uncertainty of hope
• ISBN: 1-282-86899-3; 9786612868993; 1-77922-127-4; 1-77922-126-6; 1-77922-096-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458719303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II