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A review by shonatiger
House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
5.0
Some really amazing writing! Read it in one day :)
I appreciate that there is a fair amount of subtext in this book, that I may get because I grew up in that part of Zimbabwe. For that reason, I'm extremely impressed with how this story was written, and with its complexity. Also, while the traumatic parts are very difficult to read, they are handled in a straightforward (almost clinical) way.
At her launch in Harare, someone asked her about Dambudzo Marechera's influence on her writing, and she acknowledged that. I see that, too.
So, not a perfect book (- does such a thing exist??), and not one to "like" - it's too challenging for that. But really very well done, and again - amazing writing.
I appreciate that there is a fair amount of subtext in this book, that I may get because I grew up in that part of Zimbabwe. For that reason, I'm extremely impressed with how this story was written, and with its complexity. Also, while the traumatic parts are very difficult to read, they are handled in a straightforward (almost clinical) way.
At her launch in Harare, someone asked her about Dambudzo Marechera's influence on her writing, and she acknowledged that. I see that, too.
So, not a perfect book (- does such a thing exist??), and not one to "like" - it's too challenging for that. But really very well done, and again - amazing writing.