Call and Response
- Schrijfster: Gothataone Moeng (Botswana)
- Soort boek: verhalen
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Oneworld Publication
- Verschijnt: 2 februari 2023
- Omvang: 304 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
Flaptekst van de bundel met verhalen uit Botswana van Gothataone Moeng
Full of heart and humour, Gothataone Moeng’s first collection, set between the rural village of Serowe and the thrumming capital city of Gaborone, captures a chorus of voices from a country in flux.
Meet a young woman who has worn the same mourning clothes for almost a year, and a teenage girl who shies away from the room where her once vibrant aunt lies dying. Elsewhere, watch as a younger sister hides her romantic exploits from her family while her older brother openly flaunts his infidelities, and a traveller returns home laden with confusion and shame.
Moeng, part of a new generation of writers coming out of Africa whose work is exploding onto the literary scene, offers us an insight into communities, experiences and landscapes through these cinematic stories peopled with unforgettable female protagonists.
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. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Mississippi. She is currently at work on a novel.