Under the Tongue

Name: Under the Tongue
Author: Yvonne Vera

by Yvonne Vera

Lyrical novella depicting a woman's silent struggle and transgression in post-colonial Zimbabwe

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Yvonne Vera

Zimbabwean novelist whose lyrical, unflinching fiction explored the violence visited on women's bodies during and after Zimbabwe's liberation war. Butterfly Burning is her most celebrated work.

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