A Shattering of Silence (Penguin African Writers)

By Farida Karodia

Book Overview

Eight-year-old Faith s life is shattered when she witnesses a massacre in her village in rural Mozambique. She escapes, but loses everything her parents, her home, her identity and her voice. "A Shattering of Silence "charts Faith s quest to find a place for herself in war-torn Mozambique, where she is caught between the white colonials and the local resistance. Karodia s fast-moving novel undermines traditional views of the role of women and the nature of resistance. It is a spirited response to the brutalizing effects of war."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014302647X
• ISBN13: 9780143026471
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.9" x 5.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Understanding Mozambique better

"A shattering of silence" tells the adventures of a young mozambiquan girl travelling through her shattered country and following the death of her family. The book is a spirited response to the brutal effects on the mozambiquan civil war, which lasted from 1975 to the early 90th.