Mukoma's marriage and other stories /

"The stories in Mukoma's Marriage and Other Stories capture the lives of Zimbabwean men and the women they marry, and the lives of women and the men they fall in love with, each revealing the complexities of cultural and gender expectations against the backdrop of a changing country (war in the 1970...

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Main Author:	Sigauke, Emmanuel
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gweru, Zimbabwe : Booklove Publishers, 2014.
Subjects:	Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Zimbabwe > Fiction. Man-woman relationships. Zimbabwe. Fiction.
Summary:	"The stories in Mukoma's Marriage and Other Stories capture the lives of Zimbabwean men and the women they marry, and the lives of women and the men they fall in love with, each revealing the complexities of cultural and gender expectations against the backdrop of a changing country (war in the 1970s, political uncertainty in the 1980s and economic structural adjustment in the 1990s). Fati sets out to tell Mukoma's story, but ends up also telling his wives' stories. By telling his brother's story, and that of his women, he ends up telling his own story."--Back cover.