Call and Response: Stories

Moeng, Gothataone

ISBN 10: 0593490983 / ISBN 13: 9780593490983

Verlag: Viking, 2023

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Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate relationships, tradition and caretaking in a rapidly changing world.

A young widow adheres to the expectations of wearing mourning clothes for nearly a year, though she's unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection. An older sister returns home from a confusing time in America, only to explain at every turn why she’s left the land of opportunity. A younger sister hides her sexual exploits from her family, while her older brother openly flaunts his infidelity.

The stories collected in Call and Response are strongly anchored in place - in the village of Serowe, where the author is from, and in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana – charting the emotional journeys of women seeking love and opportunity beyond the barriers of custom and circumstance.

Gothataone Moeng is part of a new generation of writers coming out of Africa whose voices are ready to explode onto the literary scene. In the tradition of writers like Chimamanda Adiche and Jhumpa Lahiri, she offers us insight into communities, experiences and landscapes through stories that are cinematic in their sweep, with unforgettable female protagonists.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Gothataone Moeng was born in Serowe, Botswana. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in fiction, a Summer Workshop scholar at Tin House, and an Emerging Writer Fellow at A Public Space. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in American Short Fiction, One Story, Virginia Quarterly Review, A Public Space, Ploughshares, and Oxford American. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Mississippi. She is currently at work on a novel.

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Titel: Call and Response: Stories
Verlag: Viking
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
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