Archive for October 11, 2009
THE BOY NEXT DOOR by Irene Sabatini
We meet the protagonist of THE BOY NEXT DOOR, Lindiwe Bishop, when she is just fourteen. The white woman next door, Mrs. McKenzie, mother of Ian, has just burned to death. Set afire. It is Africa in the 1980s and Robert–Bob–Mugabe has just taken his oath, “… his hand firmly on the Bible…and so help me God…Zimbabwe was born.” This is the stage set, at the intersection of culture and identity (personal and national), in the opening pages of this delicate and beautiful debut novel.
October 11, 2009
Tags: Africa, Around-the-World Posted in: Africa, Book Club Choice, Class - Race - Gender, Coming-of-Age, Debut Novel, Time Period Fiction, World Literature 
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Other blog sites….
This morning I feel like telling you about a couple other blog sites — those kept by members of the MostlyFiction.com team and are well worth the visit. These blogs allow each reviewer to delve deeper into the areas of fiction that most interests him or her and serve as an important role in bringing attention to books that are beyond the scope of MostlyFiction.com — almost like an advance reading list. I subscribe to these blog sites and thought you might like to as well. And I trust you won’t abandon MostlyFiction.com… but find these sites worthy supplements.
October 11, 2009
Tags: Blog Thoughts Posted in: Xtra 3 Comments
