Avenues By Train

Whenseven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and thedeath of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he isconvinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-outelectrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness andsuperstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphereof the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, heis tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters withancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. Tomove forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past. An eclectic, experimentalnovel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

When seven-year-old Jedza witnesses a tragic incident involving a train and the death of his close boyhood friend in his hometown Miner’s Drift, he is convinced that his life is haunted. Now in his mid-20s, Jedza is a down-and-out electrician, moving to Harare in the hopes that he will escape the darkness and superstitions of the small town. But living in the shadowy restless atmosphere of the Avenues with its mysterious pools of water rising under musasa trees, he is tormented by the disappearance of his sister and their early encounters with ancestral spirits, the shapeshifting power of the njuzu and a vengeful ngozi. To move forward, he must stop running away and confront the trauma of his past.

An eclectic, experimental novel, Avenues By Train is a brash and confident debut by an exciting new voice

• | Author: Farai Mudzingwa
• | Publisher: Cassava Republic Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 26, 2023
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9781913175504
• | ISBN-10: 1913175502