An Elegy for Easterly

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An Elegy for Easterly is a critically acclaimed short story collection by Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah that portrays contemporary Zimbabwean life with sharp wit and poignant social insight.

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instanceOf book
short story collection
author Petina Gappah
containsWork An Elegy for Easterly (short story)
At the Sound of the Last Post
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Our Man in Geneva Wins a Million Euros
Something Nice from London
The Annexe Shuffle
The Cracked, Pink Lips of Rosie’s Bridegroom
The Maid from Lalapanzi
The Mupandawana Dancing Champion
countryOfOrigin Zimbabwe
criticalReception critically acclaimed
depicts contemporary Zimbabwean life
firstEditionFormat print
genre literary fiction
short stories
hasISBN 9780571246942
hasMediaType audiobook
ebook
print
hasNarrativePerspective third-person narration
hasStyle dark humor
realism
hasTone comic
poignant
satirical
language English
literaryAward Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award longlist
Guardian First Book Award shortlist
Zimbabwean National Arts Merit Award
literaryMovement postcolonial literature
notableWorkOf Petina Gappah
originalPublisherCountry United Kingdom
pageCount 288
partOf Zimbabwean literature
publicationYear 2009
publisher Faber and Faber
setting Zimbabwe
targetAudience adult readers
theme HIV/AIDS
diaspora and migration
economic crisis in Zimbabwe
gender relations
political corruption
social inequality in Zimbabwe

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Petina Gappah notableWork An Elegy for Easterly
The Guardian First Book Award notableWinningWork An Elegy for Easterly
An Elegy for Easterly containsWork An Elegy for Easterly (short story)
linked to: An Elegy for Easterly
Zimbabwean literature hasNotableWork An Elegy for Easterly