Promises

Kyomuhendo, Goretti

ISBN 10: 1960803220 / ISBN 13: 9781960803221

Editore: Catalyst Press, 2025

2025. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9781960803221

Riassunto:

From the award winning author of Waiting...

Promises are like tilapia from Lake Victoria—glittering, evasive… slippery.

From warm Kampala to gloomy London, Goretti Kyomuhendo’s novel charts the joys and tribulations of Ajuna and her fiancé, Kagaba. Young, highly skilled, and ambitious, both are caught up in financial hardship in their native Uganda. When Kagaba leaves for the UK as an economic immigrant, Ajuna’s happy, fulfilling relationship is under threat. And in the indifferent UK, Kagaba must battle the cold, and the cold shoulder of London.

Promises exposes the shadow world of illegal immigrants, and the creativity with which people in the legal margins rise to meet an inhumane system. But for both Kagaba and Ajuna, a glimmer of hope comes from unexpected quarters.

Populated with an expansive array of vibrant characters, Goretti Kyomuhendo’s novel examines the promises we keep and those we break when relationships are profoundly tested by circumstance and twists of fate. It is a vivid tapestry of Ugandan family life, and catches the universal emotions of love, death, and betrayal.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Goretti Kyomuhendo is one of Uganda’s leading novelists and founding director of the African Writers Trust. Her novels include The First Daughter (1996), Secrets No More (1999), which won the Uganda National Literary Award for Best Novel in the same year. Goretti holds an MA degree in Creative Writing from the University of KwaZulu, Natal, South Africa, and taught creative writing in the same university in 2004.

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Titolo: Promises
Casa editrice: Catalyst Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2025
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New