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Bones
Winner of the Noma Award. Bones is the poetic and evocative novel by Chenjerai Hove, offering an intimate view into the Zimbabwe War of Liberation and the minds of those who were left behind. To Marita, an illiterate labourer on a commercial farm, the promise of independence for Rhodesia means very little. Poverty persists and her white boss continues the brutal treatment of his workers. Yet, for her son, it is a matter of life and death. Told through the voices of the people whose lives she touched, we witness Marita's devastation at her son's choice to run away and fight for liberation – and her determination to discover what happened to him. Written in a blend of poetic prose and oral tradition, Bones is rich with Shona idioms and dares to ask how a nation can be free when its oppressors refuse to leave. 'Chenjerai Hove's figure looms large in Zimbabwe's literary pantheon.' Guardian 'A harrowing tale.' New York Times
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Blind Moon
A collection of evocative and defiant poetry from one of Zimbabwe's leading literary and political writers. The poems reflect on the plight of the individual citizen and the state of Zimbabwe, the poet's birthplace and spiritual home. They convey empathy for those who suffer anonymous deaths at the expense of tyrannical power, and yearning for a more peaceful world and spirit of common destiny; their intention being in his words' to persuade the heart and the soul and human body to be together and to gently cry out to the world'.
Chenjerai Hove
As part of African Postcolonial Literature in English, George P. Landow profiles the Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove (1956- ), who writes poetry and short stories. His published volumes of poetry include "Bones" (1986), "Ancestors" (1988), and "Shadows" (1991). Landow provides a biographical sketch of Hove, a bibliography of his published works, and critical interpretations of his poems and stories. Information about the political and social contexts in which Hove wrote is available. An image of the writer is provided.
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Red Hills of Home
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Up in Arms
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Historicity in Chenjerai Hove's Selected Works
This book is a critical analysis of Chenjerai Hove's selected works in prose and poetry within the framework of Historical criticism. It is evident that a writer cannot and should not ignore critical historical events of his day. Inevitably, as a mortal being, Chenjerai Hove's treatment of colonialism, independence, governance and gender issues shows that a writer cannot escape the trappings of subjectivity. From Bones (1988) to Blind Moon (2003), among others, Chenjerai Hove's treatment of history betrays certain ideological positions. This book is a balanced, worthwhile and invaluable contribution to the limited repertoire of critical voices on Zimbabwean literature in English.
Rainbows in the Dust
Poems.
Palaver Finish
The essays appeared in the author's weekly column in The Zimbabwe standard.
