Ebook {Epub PDF} Butterfly Burning by Yvonne Vera

Butterfly Burning, a novel told almost entirely in the third person, tells the story of Phephelaphi and Fumbatha, a couple living in post-World War II and pre-independence Rhodesia. The novel, which is broken into 21 chapters, describes their first meeting, the evolution of their relationship, and its tragic end. Butterfly Burning: Author: Yvonne Vera: Genre: Novel: Written: Length: pages: Availability: Butterfly Burning - US: Butterfly Burning - UK: Butterfly Burning - Canada: Papillon brûle - France: Schmetterling in Flammen - DeutschlandAuthor: Yvonne Vera. Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late ls, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story/5(15).

Butterfly Burning is a novel by Yvonne Vera. The story takes place in the post-war, colonial Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and illustrates the perspectives of the African people living outside Bulawayo. The novel focuses on the poignant and tragic relationship between Fumbatha, an older man whose father was lynched by white settlers, and Phephelaphi. Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late ls, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. When Fumbatha, a construction worker, meets the much younger Phephelaphi, he"wants her like the land beneath his feet from which birth had sever.

Butterfly Burning is a novel by Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera that was first published on January 1, Set in the late s, it is about the voice of the people under colonialism in Zimbabwe. It is a romantic story that follows the life of construction worker Fumbatha, who falls in love with Phephelaphi, a much younger woman. In Butterfly Burning she captures the ebullience and the bitterness of township life, as well as the strength and courage of her unforgettable heroine. Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late ls, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late ls, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story.