White gods black demons / Daniel Mandishona.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandishona, Daniel, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zimbabwean fiction (English).

Zimbabwean literature (English).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Avondale, Harare : Weaver Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Irony and humour have always been used to counter frustration, despair and to expose double standards. In these ten sharply polished stories, Mandishona explores the dark comedy that lies just beneath the surface of tragedy in Zimbabwean society in the last decade. His perceptions leave few untouched: politicians, new farmers, exiles, stranded queues and inflation that renders the currency worthless... Truth and morality are dispensable in a society where wealth is rewarded with respect, integrity marred by untruth, rumour displaces fact, and power is only interested in its own survival. Mandi

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; About the Author; Contents; 1. Smoke and Ashes; 2. Cities of Dust; 3. Kaffir Corn; 4. A Wasted Land; 5. The Time of Locusts; 6. A Secret Sin; 7. Blunt Force Trauma; 8. Sugar; 9. A Dirty Game; 10. Butternut Soup; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-86897-7

9786612868979

1-77922-123-1

1-77922-122-3

1-77922-101-0

OCLC:

830165772