The Trek and Other Stories

Lawrence Hoba

Description

Much has been said over the last decade about the forcible eviction of the white farmers in Zimbabwe, less about the plight of the farm-workers, while the voice of the new settlers, and militia manipulated for a cause, has remained virtually unheard. This short but powerful anthology, The Trek and Other Stories, provides sensitive and illuminating, wry and comic perspectives on those people who occupied the land believing their future was golden, only for it to crumble in front of their faces.

Sujets

• Littérature Africaine
• Littérature Zimbabwéenne
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Weaver Press
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781779222305
• Langue: English

Extrait

The Tre k
and
other stories
The Trek
and
other stories
Lawrence Hoba
Published by Weaver Press, Box A1922, Avondale, Harare. 2009
Lawrence Hoba, 2009
The First Trek - the Pioneers and The Second Trek - Going Home was first published as The Trek in Writing Now , Weaver Press, 2005 Specialisation was first published in Laughing Now , Weaver Press, 2007
Typeset by Weaver Press Cover Photograph: Wide Angle Cover Design: Danes Design Printed by Sable Press, Harare
The publishers would like to express their gratitude to HIVOS for the support they have given to Weaver Press in the development of their fiction programme.
All rights reserved. No part of the publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means - photocopying, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise - without the express written permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 978 1 77922 100 1
L AWRENCE HOB A was born in 1983 in Masvingo. He studied Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of Zimbabwe. He represents a new generation of young writers working hard to have their voices heard but recognises that writing is more art than impulse. Hoba s short stories and poetry have appeared in the Mirror , a magazine published by the Budding Writers of Zimbabwe, and various blogsites including < www.zimbablog.com >.
Contents
The First Trek - the Pioneers
Maria s Independence
The Travelling Preacher
Specialisation
Having my Way
The Second Trek - Going Home
Tonde s Return
A Dream and a Guitar
God s Will
The Third Trek - Resettling