Shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Fiction. In this collection of short stories, award-winning author Lily Mabura explores a fascinating range of characters and tales from around the globe.
Within these thirteen short stories, an artist mourns for their brother who died fighting in Bosnia, a restless young woman discovers the possibility of life outside of her tight-knit community, and an unemployed lawyer lingers in a Kenyan hospital.
Her first collection of short stories, Lily Mabura offers a thought-provoking and evocative glimpse into the diverse lives we lead and the stories we have to tell.
'Mabura writes with precision and clarity, imagination and a deep particularity.' Greer Chesher
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978-1-80328-830-7 (9781803288307)
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Lily Mabura has a PhD in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her literary awards include the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature; Kenya's National Book Week Literary Award; and the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award. Her short story "How Shall We Kill the Bishop?" was shortlisted for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing. Mabura's publications include two novels, The Pretoria Conspiracy and Remembrance, and a collection of short stories titled How Shall We Kill the Bishop and Other Stories. She has four children's books.
