Robert Muponde 
Scandalous Times of a Book Louse [EPUB ebook] 
a memoir of a childhood

Sokongan

<p>A magical coming-of-age tale in rural Zimbabwe<br>Ah, youve arrived. Sit down, please, and make yourself comfortable. There may not be much dinner tonight Father is still out of work; Mother cant do anything with those stunted maize plants in the stony ground but at least you are here, in Gushure Village, home to unsurpassed raconteurs and the Guramatunhu family, who know that telling stories staves off hunger.<br>Surprise awaits at every turn: thoughts and conversations bloom into poems, political speeches and songs. You will find instructions for cooking a hare, for how to defend yourself when a dead snake is your enemys chosen weapon, how to speak in war tongues, how to compose a fist and aim it at a tree trunk, how to eliminate animal terrorism in a time of rabies, how to rehearse the body-viewing of a good-looking corpse, how to rock under flying okapis with The Double Shuffle, and how to practise your lovemaking technique on a woman drawn in the sand.<br>At a time when cooked ants constitute a feast, the future nevertheless holds abundant prospects for the boy who devours words. But there is an unexpected fork in the road for this book louse, and plenty of wondrous twists and shocking turns.<br>Hilarious, poetic and poignant, Robert Mupondes vibrant coming-of-age story of Ronald Guramatunhu brings to life rural Zimbabwe from the Second Chimurenga to independence. There are malevolent mermaids, eccentric shamans, outrageous relatives, fearsome teachers, and men who transform into hippos in a tale that captures all the magic of childhood.</p>

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Bahasa Inggeris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman-halaman 384 ● ISBN 9781485904762 ● Penerbit Penguin Random House South Africa ● Diterbitkan 2021 ● Muat turun 3 kali ● Mata wang EUR ● ID 8057791 ● Salin perlindungan Adobe DRM
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