Fools and Other Stories
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Sandra, you aren't a librarian. If you were, it would say Goodreads Librarian under your profile picture.You can still add books to the database, but you can't edit them.
Sandra wrote: "Hi, I'm not sure if I'm a librarian or just part of this group but I have the book blurb for this book, how can I add it please? Fools, the title story in this collection, is a tale of generation..."
I seem to be irritating you, Michele, but there wasn't a blurb when I looked at this book so I was just trying to be helpful.
No worries, not irritated, just answering your post so you knew it got looked at :)
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Fools, the title story in this collection, is a tale of generations in the struggle against oppression. Zamani is a middle-aged teacher who was once respected by the community as a leader of the future. Then he disgraced himself, and now he’s haunted by the impotence of his present life. A chance meeting brings him up against Zani, a young student activist whos attempts to kindle the flames of resistance in Charterston Location are ludicrously impratical. Both affection and hostility bind Zamani and Zani together in an intens and unpredictable relationship. Finding each other means finding the common ground of their struggle. It also means re-examining their lives – and, notably, their relationships with women.
The Test, The Prophetess, and The Music of the Violin all deal with formative experiences in a township childhood: an act of courage and endurance; a close encounter with an awe-inspiring old woman; a choice which must be made between the narrow ambitions of middle-class parents and the challenge of the township streets, at once more inviting and more dangerous.
Uncle celebrates the gift of one generation to another: a gift that mingles with other adventures of the spirit, recklessness with resourcefulness, and laughter with wisdom.