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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Prachtig verhaal dat zich afspeelt in Botswana. Tegen de achtergrond van het weelderige, wilde landschap van Noord-Botswana ontvouwt zich de onvergetelijke geschiedenis van twee families, wier lot met elkaar is vervlochten. Vier vrouwen vertellen afwisselend hun verhaal: Nathewa, haar dochter Kazi, haar jeugdvriendin Petra en haar kleindochter Candy hebben ieder hun visie op de gebeurtenissen. Over een periode van zestig jaar, doorspekt met reizen, met passie en liefdesverdriet, met spanningen en misverstanden, wordt het betoverende verhaal van de twee families langzaam onthuld. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Set against the lush, wild landscape of Botswana, BLACK MULBERRIES is the unforgettable tale of two feuding families whose destinies are intertwined. Four women take turns to tell their story. NANTHEWA - the matriarch who strives to raise her son and daughter to live the lives she's planned for them - despite what they might want for themselves. KAZI - Nanthewa's beautiful, wilful daughter who defies her mother to follow her lover abroad. But England is not the promised land, and Kazi's life will follow a very different path to the one she had imagined. PETRA - the tomboy who harbours a secret passion for Kazi's brother, Isaac. Now a successful journalist, she's returned to Botswana to uncover the truth about a story no one wants revealed. And CANDY, Nanthewa's troubled granddaughter, who sees and understands more than anyone knows. Over the course of sixty years, through journeys and homecomings, passion and heartbreak, tensions and misunderstandings, the two families' enthralling stories gradually unfold. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I enjoyed this book but it never quite reached the level that I had hoped for. Each of the four “speakers” had their own unique voice which kept the storylines separate and easy to identify. I certainly found the women characters were much more clearly defined than the men who all seem to some across somewhat ambiguous. The author herself lived in Botswana for twelve years and knows of what she writes which is apparent in her descriptions of the land and the culture of the people.
Although I found Black Mulberries a mostly enjoyable read I did have some issues with the author’s somewhat jerky writing style, but I was able to put up with the abrupt transitions in order to read this multi-generational story. Overall, this is a good book, but not a great book. ( )