House of Stone

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'Extraordinary' - Guardian

Bukhosi has gone missing. His father, Abed, and his mother, Agnes, cling to the hope that he has run away, rather than been murdered by government thugs. Only the lodger seems to have any idea. Zamani has lived in the spare room for years now. Quiet, polite, well-read and well-heeled, he's almost part of the family - but almost isn't quite good enough for Zamani. Cajoling, coaxing and coercing Abed and Agnes into revealing their sometimes tender, often brutal life stories, Zamani aims to steep himself in borrowed family history, so that he can fully inherit and inhabit its uncertain future.

Shortlisted for the Zimbabwean International Women's Awards

Reviews

An extraordinary achievement * Helon Habila, Guardian *
Remarkable... Brilliant... Wise and demanding... Stunning... A remarkable feat... Ingenious * New York Times *
Epic... Beautiful * Panashe Chigumadzi, Guardian *
A towering and multi-layered gem. One of the greatest-ever novels about Zimbabwe * NoViolet Bulawayo, author of 'We Need New Names' *
Hilarious and horrifying... Easily the best debut I've read this year * Culturefly *
Astounding * The Skinny *
One of the most brilliant writers I know * Garth Greenwell, author of 'What Belongs to You' *
Stunning * Bookriot *
Captivating * Emerald Street *
Are we on the cusp of a new age of African literature... A courageous and probing work * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Smart, original, feisty, brutal and gorgeous * Chika Unigwe, author of 'On Black Sisters' Street' *
Enthralling... Audacious... A huge talent. * Brian Chikwava, author of 'Harare North' *
A truly original work of art... Utterly stunning. * author of 'The Hairdresser of Harare' *
House of Stone is the novel devastated Zimbabwe needed to have written. Now Novuyo Tshuma has written it. Bayethe to her scintillating talent! In the most original and fearless prose I've read in years, Tshuma's scheming narrator, Zamani, reveals the personal and political disintegration that was Zimbabwe's undoing. * Tsitsi Dangarembga *
With luminous language, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma explores the treacherous terrain of colonization and decolonization, remembering and forgetting, and love and betrayal. The result is a gripping account of revolution and its aftermath, both for a country and for one man -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prizewinning author of 'The Sympathizer' *

Author Bio

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma grew up in Zimbabwe, and has lived in South Africa and the USA. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her short fiction has been featured in numerous anthologies, and she was awarded the 2014 Herman Charles Bosman Prize for the best literary work in English. http://novuyotshuma.com/