Harvest of Thorns
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Shimmer Chinodya
Shimmer Chinodya is a prolific short story writer, poet, and novelist born in 1957 in Gweru, Zimbabwe. He studied English Literature and Education at the University of Zimbabwe and completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of Iowa in 1985. Harvest of Thorns won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers Regional Prize and has been studied as a set text in high schools and universities worldwide. Following his success, Chinodya received numerous fellowships and was made Distinguished Dana Professor in Creative Writing and African Literature at the University of St Lawrence until 1997. Chinodya currently works as a full-time writer.
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Reviews for Harvest of Thorns
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thought provoking and a very good read indeed. nice book
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent work of literature that gives one an insightful and vivid idea of the happenings of the 2nd Chimurenga liberation struggle in Zimbabwe. So much to take away, the pain and the sacrifice of the freedom fighters will forever stay.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is arguably the best and most esteemed of Shimmer Chinodya's works. I see why Heinemann chose to have him on their African Writers' Series.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Exceptional book I read in one day it is very interesting
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5to understand Zimbabwe you must read this book ...
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