BOOK LAUNCH: How we Buried Puso. With author Morabo Morajele in conversation with Zakes Mda
 

How we Buried Puso

Author: Morabo Morajele

' Returning home to bury his brother after seven years abroad, the narrator recalls their life with a grandmother and with an adopted sister and stuttering friend, both come to escape the predatory history of a particular corner of Africa.

How we buried Puso is a lyrical account of veiled truths and panoramic splendour where the true nature of change is revealed in a detailed narrative collage that saturates the senses. Shifting masterfully through post colonial identity, spirituality and Africanness, the narrative’s wry observations and understated cynicism form an extremely eloquent depiction of Lesotho’s recent history, which is presented in a bravely graphic take on the “entire”.

This is indeed a deeply thought novel rich in images and poetic descriptions. Oh what a turn of phrase. Zakes Mda

Thursday, 15 June 2006 @ 18H30