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    Harvest of Thorns

    By Shimmer Chinodya

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    The 1990 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize voted Harvest of Thorns the winner in the Best Book category. Harvest of Thorns tells the story of Benjamin Tichafa who grows up in Rhodesia in the 1960s. From a conservative, religious family, but exposed to the heady ideas of the black nationalist movements, the young student is pulled in different directions. Isolated and troubled at boarding school, he is provoked into leaving, making his way to Mozambique, and joining the freedom fighters. There, in the crucible of a bitter civil war of liberation, the young man develops into manhood. Returning, hardened, at independence, he feels that little has changed, not least within his own family circumstances, and asks himself what it means to be free in the new Zimbabwe.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeaver Press
    Release dateFeb 1, 2018
    ISBN9781779223289
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    Shimmer Chinodya

    Shimmer Chinodya is a prolific short story writer, poet, and novelist born in 1957 in Gweru, Zimbabwe. He studied English Literature and Education at the University of Zimbabwe and completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa in 1985. Harvest of Thorns won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize and has been studied as a set text in high schools and universities worldwide. Following his success, Chinodya received numerous fellowships and was made Distinguished Dana Professor in Creative Writing and African Literature at the University of St Lawrence until 1997. Chinodya currently works as a full-time writer.

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    • 5/5
      Thought provoking and a very good read indeed. nice book
    • 4/5
      Excellent work of literature that gives one an insightful and vivid idea of the happenings of the 2nd Chimurenga liberation struggle in Zimbabwe. So much to take away, the pain and the sacrifice of the freedom fighters will forever stay.
    • 5/5
      This is arguably the best and most esteemed of Shimmer Chinodya's works. I see why Heinemann chose to have him on their African Writers' Series.
    • 5/5
      Exceptional book I read in one day it is very interesting
    • 5/5
      to understand Zimbabwe you must read this book ...

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