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Gazemba, Stanley, 1974-
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Rural conditions -- Fiction.
Agricultural laborers -- Fiction.
Tales -- Africa.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Africa -- Fiction.
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Gazemba, Stanley, 1974-
Rural conditions -- Fiction.
Agricultural laborers -- Fiction.
Tales -- Africa.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Africa -- Fiction.
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Forbidden fruit / Stan
Gazemba
.
by
Gazemba
,
Stanley
,
1974-
The Mantle, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION GAZ
Subjects
Rural conditions -- Fiction.
Agricultural laborers -- Fiction.
Tales -- Africa.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Africa -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780998642307 (trade pbk.)
0998642304 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
The Stone Hills of Maragoli.
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
280 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Kenya as: The Stone Hills of Maragoli, 2010.
Summary:
Desperate to make ends meet, Ombima commits a "harmless" crime. When he tries to conceal his misdeed, the simple farm laborer becomes a reluctant participant in a sinister affair. If discovered, the consequences could be disastrous for Ombima's family, friends, and a spate of unwitting, gossipy villagers. A delicious tale of greed, lust, and betrayal,
Stanley
Gazemba
's FORBIDDEN FRUIT is more than a dramatic tale of rural life in western Kenya. The moral slips and desperate cover-ups--sometimes sad, sometimes farcical--are the stories of time and place beyond the village of Maragoli.
Awards:
"Winner of Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta prize for literature"--Cover.
Genre:
Black fiction.
Literary fiction.
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Adult Black Fiction
FICTION GAZ
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