{"product_id":"harare-voices-and-beyond-9781637461969","title":"Harare Voices and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e_x001C_ Harare Voices and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e takes us on a journey through the dark recesses of the human psyche._x001D_ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e%Sue Quainton, Bicester, United Kingdom\u003c\/p\u003e A drunken confession exposes a dark family secret. Rhys appears to have it all. A white Zimbabwean living in affluent Borrowdale Brooke area he gets involved in a freak traffic accident. Therein unfolds a confession which unleashes a cathartic chain of events in the family_x0019_ s hitherto well-choreographed life, a family whose lived experience becomes microcosmic and an eye opener to Zimbabwe_x0019_ s seemingly closed, forgotten, white minority community. Through offering a rare insight into lives of the white community in post-independence Zimbabwe, \u003cem\u003eHarare Voices and Beyond \u003c\/em\u003eexplores the dynamics of love, money, family feuds, identity politics, false philanthropy, and respectability inter-alia. Two families_x0019_ lives are inexorably linked in this fast-paced narrative which not only traverses multiple locations, but also juxtaposes the seedy underbelly of Harare with the leafy northern suburbs, and little-known Marina Thompson from UK Durham University all appear linked in a drama-infused finale that will shock and numb the reader.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsement: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaring. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarare Voices and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is full of intrigue and brutality. An unflinching portrait of broken families and a broken society.%\u003cstrong\u003ePaida Chiwara\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this his third novel, fire brand Zimbabwean novelist, Andrew Chatora, demonstrates that every man understands the complexity of his crime and the subsequently unsuitable punishment. This is a rare story about loss and strife in post independent Zimbabwe.This is a detective story with no detectives. It is more like Doris Lessing_x0019_ s \u003cem\u003eThe Grass is Singing\u003c\/em\u003e and Ngugi wa Thiongo_x0019_ s \u003cem\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/em\u003e in that the guilty is always in your midst, helping you solve the crime but making sure the criminal is not easily found. In the end you appreciate both the crime and the cause of the crime. You see that the criminal is an ordinary man who is driven over the precipice by irreparable generational loss. This is a deft work of art.%\u003cstrong\u003eMemory Chirere\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Zimbabwe\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChatora expertly deals with unresolved trauma, psychosis, identity politics, citizenship, and nationhood issues through the portrait of both white and black Zimbabweans_x0019_ lived culture.%\u003cstrong\u003eMalvern Mukudu\u003c\/strong\u003e, Writer \u0026amp; Journalist, Rhodes University, South Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Chatora is a Zimbabwean novelist, essayist and short-story writer based in Bicester, England. He grew up in Mutare, Zimbabwe, and moved to England in 2002. His debut novella, \u003cem\u003eDiaspora Dreams \u003c\/em\u003e(2021), was approvingly received and nominated for the National Arts Merit Awards (2022)\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e His second book, \u003cem\u003eWhere the Heart Is\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in the same year to considerable acclaim. Chatora_x0019_ s forthcoming book, \u003cem\u003eBorn Here, But Not in My Name\u003c\/em\u003e, is a brave, humorous and psychologically penetrating portrait of post-Brexit Britain. Chatora is noted for his acerbic and honest depiction of the migrant experience. Heavily influenced by his own experience as a black English teacher in the United Kingdom, Chatora probes multi-cultural relationships, identity politics, blackness, migration, citizenship and nationhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14444332\"\u003eAndrew Chatora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kharis Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781637461969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1637461968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE007000\"\u003eAfrican\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kharis Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583958151405,"sku":"9781637461969","price":30.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_6ba40418-dbf6-46f3-b2e1-f6e3cc614f29.jpg?v=1702133069","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/harare-voices-and-beyond-9781637461969","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}