Shadows
R200.00
With this debut novella and collection of short stories the reader is introduced to a startling new voice in African literature.
Novuyo Tshuma sketches, with astounding accuracy, the realities of daily life in Zimbabwe and the peculiar intricacies of being a foreigner in Johannesburg.
Vivid, sparse and, at times, tragically beautiful.
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