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Moeng, Gothataone

 
9780593490983: Call and Response: Stories
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ISBN 10: 0593490983 ISBN 13: 9780593490983
Editorial: Viking, 2023

Sinopsis

Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate relationships, tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world.

A young widow adheres to the expectations of wearing mourning clothes for nearly a year, though she's unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection. An older sister returns home from a confusing time in America, only to explain at every turn why she’s left the land of opportunity. A younger sister hides her sexual exploits from her family, while her older brother openly flaunts his infidelity.

The stories collected in Call and Response are strongly anchored in place - in the village of Serowe, where the author is from, and in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana – charting the emotional journeys of women seeking love and opportunity beyond the barriers of custom and circumstance.

Gothataone Moeng is part of a new generation of writers coming out of Africa whose voices are ready to explode onto the literary scene. In the tradition of writers like Chimamanda Adiche and Jhumpa Lahiri, she offers us insight into communities, experiences and landscapes through stories that are cinematic in their sweep, with unforgettable female protagonists.

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Acerca del autor

Gothataone Moeng was born in Serowe, Botswana. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction, a Summer Workshop scholar at Tin House, and an Emerging Writer Fellow at A Public Space. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, One Story, Virginia Quarterly Review, A Public Space, Ploughshares, and Oxford American. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Mississippi. She is currently at work on a novel.

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Editorial
Viking
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0593490983
ISBN 13 
9780593490983
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
304
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Editorial: Oneworld Publications, 2023
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