Bones (1988)

by Chenjerai Hove

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A reissue of this proclaimed novel, and Zimbabwean classic, that won both the Zimbabwe Book Publishers' Association first prize for literature, and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1989. The jury citation described the novel as 'a powerful, moving and ambitious novel, written with exceptional linguistic control, plumbing the depths of human suffering but having the wisdom to hope'. The story is the sensitive evocation of Marita, a farm- worker, whose only son joined the freedom fighters in Zimbabwe's war of liberation. The poetic language is rich in Shona idiom.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Chenjerai Hove	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Abspoel, Peter	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Werk, Jan Kees van de	Afterword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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African Writers

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Rainbow pocketboeken (178)

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Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (1989)

Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature (1989)

Zimbabwe's 75 best books of the 20th century

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Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century (creative writing)

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Beenderen

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Bones

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Beenderen : roman

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1988

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Voor de vrouwen wier kinderen niet terugkwamen / zonen en dochters / zij die hun beenderen offerden / voor een nieuw geweten, een geweten / van beenderen, bloed en voetstappen / die vergeefs moeten dromen / van hun thuiskomst.

For the woman whose children did not return
sons and daughters
those who gave their bones
to the making of a new conscience,
a conscience of bones, blood
and footsteps
dreaming of coming home some day
in vain.

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Ze vroeg me vandaag of ik de brief nog eens wilde voorlezen, zij, Marita, elke dag komt ze naar me toe, aan één stuk door smekend: 'Janifa, lees de brief nog eens voor, lees hem zo vaak voor als je kan,' maar de eerste paar dagen bleef het voor mij gewoon zo'n briefje dat stoute jongens aan meisjes sturen... Ik hou van je, je bent de margarine, de boter, de marmelade voor mijn hart...

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A reissue of this proclaimed novel, and Zimbabwean classic, that won both the Zimbabwe Book Publishers' Association first prize for literature, and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1989. The jury citation described the novel as 'a powerful, moving and ambitious novel, written with exceptional linguistic control, plumbing the depths of human suffering but having the wisdom to hope'. The story is the sensitive evocation of Marita, a farm- worker, whose only son joined the freedom fighters in Zimbabwe's war of liberation. The poetic language is rich in Shona idiom.

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