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Marubi is a young woman who has an enviable life in Cape Town, working at a wine farm and spending idyllic days with her friends...untill her past starts spilling into her present. Something dark has been lurking in the shadows of Marubi's life as far back as she can remember. It's only a matter of time before it reaches out and grabs at her. The yearning is a memorable exploration of the ripple effects of the past, of personal strength and courage, and of the shadowy intersections of traditional and modern worlds. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The other problem with Mashigo’s novel is that it takes a while to develop any narrative tension. Marubini is a young woman living in Cape Town. She works in marketing for a wine company, she has relationship issues with her mother and with her boyfriend Pierre, and she hangs around with her girlfriend Unathi. She is also grieving the death of her grandfather Ntatemoholo and her father Baba who disappeared in mysterious circumstances. Apart from some minor commentary about patronising racism that still persists in her workplace, this is all a bit lightweight and it goes on for about one-fifth of the novel.
It is when Marubini begins to suffer what are thought to be seizures that the book becomes more interesting. When these seizures occur, she sees her dead father and she also experiences what might be visions or flashbacks to some traumatic experience in her past. (And yes, I guessed what that was, as most readers will, though it’s not quite in the form that I thought it would be).
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2017/09/24/the-yearning-by-mohale-mashigo/ ( )