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    Faber and Faber (United States) and Faber Ltd. (United Kingdom) have acquired the world English-language rights to two books by Zimbabwean writer and lawyer, Petina Gappah. The two books - a collection of short stories and a novel - are set in a contemporary Zimbabwe. The collection of short stories, An Elegy of Elderly is going to be published first. It will be released in April 2009, in the United Kingdom, and in June of the same year, in the United States. The novel, The Book of Memory, is scheduled to appear in 2010. Her short fiction is featured in two anthologies, Laughing Now and Women Writing Zimbabwe, both published in 2008 by Weaver Press, Zimbabwe.

Birgit Brock-Utne

Birgit Brock-Utne is Professor of Education and Development at the University of Oslo. She has many years experience of living, teaching and researching in Africa, especially Tanzania, where she served as Professor of Education at the University of Dar es Salaam from 1987-1992.

Books edited by Birgit Brock-Utne

Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa Language of Instruction in Tanzania and South Africa

Edited by Birgit Brock-Utne, Zubeida Desai

ISBN 9789987622535 | 236 pages | 254 x 178 mm | 2003 | E & D Ltd., Tanzania | Paperback

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