House of Stone

Amid the turmoil of modern Zimbabwe, Abednego and Agnes Mlambo's teenage son has gone missing. Zamani, their enigmatic lodger, seems to be their only hope for finding him. As he weaves himself closer into the fabric of the grieving community, it's almost like Zamani is part of the family....

Zamani--one of the great unreliable narrators of contemporary world literature--knows that the one who controls the narrative inherits the future. As Abednego wrestles with alcoholism and Agnes seeks solace in a deep-rooted love, each must confront the burdens of history. Written with dark humor, wit, and seduction, House of Stone is a sweeping epic that spans the fall of Rhodesia through Zimbabwe's turbulent beginnings, exploring the persistence of the oppressed in a nation seeking an identity.

About the Author
Tshuma, Novuyo Rosa: - Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, winner of the 2014 Herman Charles Bosman Prize, is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and is a fiction editor at the Bare Life Review, a journal of refugee and immigrant literature based in San Francisco. A native of Zimbabwe, she has lived in South Africa and the US and has been invited to give public lectures at Oxford University and the Nordic Africa Institute.