{"product_id":"9780374528164","title":"Without a Name and Under the Tongue","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWithout a Name and Under the Tongue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Yvonne Vera\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvonne Vera's novels chronicle the lives of Zimbabwean women with extraordinary power and beauty. \u003ci\u003eWithout a Name \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e, her two earliest novels, are set in the seventies during the guerrilla war against the white government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWithout a Name\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), Mazvita, a young woman from the country, travels to Harare to escape the war and begin a new life. But her dreams of independence are short-lived. She begins a relationship of convenience and becomes pregnant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), the adolescent Zhizha has lost the will to speak. In lyrical fragments, Vera relates the story of Zhizha's parents, and the horrifying events that led to her mother's imprisonment and her father's death. With this novel Vera became the first Zimbabwean writer ever to deal frankly with incest. With these surprising, at times shocking novels Vera shows herself to be a writer of great potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A remarkable novel . . . Vera writes gracefully, depicting with extraordinary elegance the chaos and disorder of township life, the surreal conditions of existence imposed by the colonial authority upon the residents.” —\u003ci\u003eMichelle Cliff, The Village Voice on Butterfly Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vera makes the novel new in Africa.” —\u003ci\u003eIndependent Extra (Zimbabwe) on Butterfly Burning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374528164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40594940788942,"sku":"9780374528164","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_704823e8-628e-4747-ab56-9224f35fef0b.jpg?v=1637822696","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374528164","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}