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An Elegy for Easterly

Petina Gappah
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Region

Southern Africa

Zimbabwe

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Short Stories

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Short stories set in Zimbabwe during Mugabe's collapse — in the high-density suburbs, the collapsing economy, the prisons. Dark, precise, and darkly comic.

Literary Significance

Guardian First Book Award; one of the most celebrated debuts in African fiction

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Short stories set in Zimbabwe during Mugabe's collapse — in the high-density suburbs, the collapsing economy, the prisons. Dark, precise, and darkly comic. Guardian First Book Award; one of the most celebrated debuts in African fiction

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