{"product_id":"butterfly-burning-paperback","title":"Butterfly Burning - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYvonne Vera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVera exploits language to peel away the skin of public and private lives. In \u003ci\u003eButterfly Burning \u003c\/i\u003eshe captures the ebullience and the bitterness of township life, as well as the strength and courage of her unforgettable heroine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eButterfly Burning\u003c\/i\u003e brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late l940s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. When Fumbatha, a construction worker, meets the much younger Phephelaphi, he wants her like the land beneath his feet from which birth had severed him. He in turn fills her with hope larger than memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Phephelaphi is not satisfied with their one-room love alone. The qualities that drew Fumbatha to her, her sense of independence and freedom, end up separating them. And the closely woven fabric of township life, where everyone knows everyone else, has a mesh too tight and too intricate to allow her to escape her circumstances on her own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYvonne Vera\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Zimbabwe's best known authors. She was born in Bulawayo, where she now works as the director of the National Gallery. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eWithout a Name, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tongue, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich recevied the 1997 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.2 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724103323711,"sku":"9780374291860","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f36b5c804b91f3f14902cc38f18f09dd.webp?v=1765101496","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/butterfly-burning-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}