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Avenues By Train

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Whenseven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and thedeath of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner's Drift, he isconvinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-outelectrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andsuperstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereof the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, heis tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Tomove forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimentalnovel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781913175504
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 272
  • Udgivet:
  • 26. september 2023
  • Udgave:
  • Størrelse:
  • 242x162x28 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 520 g.
  • 4-7 hverdage.
  • 19. november 2024
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Whenseven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and thedeath of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner's Drift, he isconvinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-outelectrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andsuperstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereof the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, heis tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Tomove forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimentalnovel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

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