{"product_id":"without-a-name-and-under-the-tongue-paperback","title":"Without a Name and Under the Tongue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYvonne Vera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Vera\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Bulawayo, where she is now director of the National Gallery. The author of B\u003ci\u003eutterfly Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, she received the 1997 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region) for \u003ci\u003eUnder the Toungue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453800792242,"sku":"9780374528164","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a8e6d79c288ebb81d3a9f5cba479e4ab.webp?v=1778838009","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/without-a-name-and-under-the-tongue-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}