Description
When Mavala Shikongo deserted them, the teachers at the boys' school in Goas weren't surprised. How could they be? She was too beautiful, too powerful, and too mysterious for their tiny, remote, and arid world. They knew only one essential fact about their departed colleague: she was a combat veteran of Namibia's brutal war for independence. When Mavala returns to Goas with a baby son, all are awed by her boldness. The teachers try hard, once again, not to fall in love with her. They fail, immediately and miserably, especially the American volunteer, Larry Kaplanski.
Author: Peter Orner
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 05/16/2007
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780316066334
ISBN10: 0316066338
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Romance | Multicultural & Interracial
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
About the Author
Peter Orner is the author of three widely praised books, Esther Stories and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and Love and Shame and Love. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and The Best American Short Stories, and has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Orner is now a faculty member at San Francisco State University.