Avenues By Train by Farai Mudzingwa Acquista Ora

When seven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and the death of his boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he is convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-out electrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness and superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphere of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, he is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters with ancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past.

An eclectic, experimental novel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

Book Information
ISBN 9781913175504
Author Farai Mudzingwa
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Cassava Republic Press
Publisher Cassava Republic Press