The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo

Posted on 24 January 2018 by Peter Orner

Lorsque Malava les quitte, les professeurs de Goas, en Namibie, ne sont pas surpris Cette Che Guevara en jupon, qui a combattu pour l ind pendance de ce pays, ne pouvait pas continuer vivre dans ce trou perdu Aussi sont ils m dus s quand ils la voient revenir avec un b b Premier roman. New Download Books The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo Author Peter Orner – kino-fada.fr Spectacular, magnificent, stunning all the big time adjectives you can think up, this book deserves them It s a beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking novel one of those books that, as I was reading it I was thinking yes, yes, this is why I read, this is what I ve been looking for.I felt weak with joy and sadness and longing reading this book, and I still feel those things right now, just thinking of Obadiah and Auntie and Tomo and Theofilus Oh, Theofilus Lowell s not messing around with those Spectacular, magnificent, stunning all the big time adjectives you can think up, this book deserves them It s a beautiful, hilarious, heartbreaking novel one of those books that, as I was reading it I was thinking yes, yes, this is why I r...There s a character so reliably duplicitous he circles back around to trustworthy Cows eat sand An endless desert surrounding a school is speckled with bony trees Peter Orner doeswith a collection of dusty yellow buildings than most writers could with a metropolis The only slip of grass at the school is referred to as Ireland by the principal, the sky, the color of watered down milk Orner s is a fancy and utterly unique voice.Taken from a review in the Boise Weekly link http There s a character so reliably duplicitous he circles back around to trus...A truly unbelievable, courageous adventure in storytelling Via a wide variety of vignettes, many of which contain stories within them, a young, white American breaks one literary convention after another while flirting with the politically incorrect in a way that makes it beside the point With the exception of the narrator and the title character s comings and goings, almost nothing happens in this book, making plot too beside the point Memoir anyone Not much of it here, desp...A quiet, quick, well written, guiltless pleasure Orner s narrative is upfront about its outsider s perspective It s a sensitive man s romance with a woman and a village, but his writing respectably avoids the Memoirs of a Geisha style saccharine orientalism I was engrossed, but I can see where the fractured story telling device was leaned on just a bit too heavily as much as the brevity lends to the tale s texture, the constant breaks in narrative seem to prevent the writing from delving de A quiet, quick, well written, guiltless pleasure Orner s narrative is upfront about its outsider s perspective It s a sensitive man s romance with a woman and a village, but his writin...Easily my favorite novel of the last couple of years, and by far the most gorgeously written Also it s populated by the most entertaining group of weirdos I ve come across since Cannery Row or something like that On top of all this it s pleasingly weird in structure 154 chapters in 300 pag...I m just not all that into you at the moment, and you are due back at the library.In Nederlandse vertaling van Esther Ottens De terugkeer van Mavala Shikongo.Prachtig boek, verhaalt belevenissen rondom de hoofdpersoon, een Amerikaan die als vrijwilliger op een dorpsschool in Namibi werkt, redelijk kort na de bevrijding in 1990 Het boek vertelt uit de perspectieven van de verschillende spelers en geeft een gaaf beeld van het alledaagse leven in een door droogte en hitte en leegte geteisterde gemeenschap, waar ook de raciale spanningen nog levendig zijn Je krijgt een ide In Nederlandse vertaling van Esther Ottens De terugkeer van Mavala Shikongo.Prachtig b...Out in the Namibian veld, where three dry rivers meet at Farm Goas, Larry Kaplanski from Cincinnati shows up at the Native School and humbly presents himself as a volunteer For his welcome, the priest pronounces him a pagan, and the corrupt principal says he would have preferred cash, but since there doesn t seem to be anyone else willing, assigns Larry to teach English and History.Larry moves into the singles quarters, where the story gives way to his fellow teachers idiosyncrasies Obadiah Out in the Namibian veld, where three dry rivers meet at Farm Goas, Larry Kaplanski from Cincinnati shows up at the Native School and humbly presents himself as a volunteer For his welcome, the priest pronounces him a pagan, and the corrupt principal says he would have preferred cash, but since there doesn t seem to be anyone else willing, assigns Larry to teach English and History.Larry moves into the singles quarters, where the story gives way to his fellow teachers idiosyncrasies Obadiah has his afternoon drink in a Datsun marooned in the sand, with both hands on wheel Pohamba proclaims himself an atheist in the day and screams for God to rescue him in the night the principal watches a TV with no reception, laughing and changing the channel.They...This book gave you a lot history wise colonialism, civil wars.The second bit, it was hilarious The characters were hilarious.Auntie, who doesn t teach at the school, but some and steals and takes stuff brazenly Krieger, the neighboring Swed German a fluffly white haired honking murderous Santa bellowing Hallooo halloo nearly running down the kids at play with his vehicle as he drives straight through the school ground.Pohamba, who seems satisfied to argue about almost anything for arg This book gave you a lot history wise colonialism, civil wars.The second bit, it was hilarious The characters were hilarious.Auntie, who doesn t teach at the school, but some and steals and takes stuff brazenly Krieger, the neighboring Swed German a fluffly white haired honking murderous Santa bellowing Hallooo halloo nearly running down the kids at play with his vehicle as he drives straight through the school ground.Pohamba, who seems satisfied to argue about almost anything for argument s sake.I adored Obadiah The drunken poet scholar Some of the things the male teachers said were all so hilarious Student Auntie will be back tomorrow, Teacher Sister Ursula phoned Obadiah uncaps a pen and hands it to the boy Obadiah Slay me Student Excuse, Teache...lowell and elizabeth have written perfect reviewsi m not sure this is legal, buthere s lowell s Easily my favorite novel of the last couple of years, and by far the most gorgeously written Also it s populated by the most entertaining group of weirdos I ve come across since Cannery Row or something like that On top of all this it s pleasingly weird in structure 154 chapters in 300 pages , and totally hilarious when it wants to be Oh yeah, and it takes place at a near defunct missionary s lowell and elizabeth have written perfect reviewsi m not sure this is legal, buthere s lowell s Easily my favorite novel of the last couple of years, and by far the most gorgeously written Also it s populated by the most entertaining group of weirdos I ve come across since Cannery Row or something like that On top of all this it s pleasingly weird in structure 154 chapters in 300 pages , and totally hilarious when it wants to be Oh yeah, and it takes place at a near defunct missionary school in the middle of the Namib Desert Read it and here s elizabeth s Spectacular, magnificent, stunning all the big time adjectives you can think up, this book deserves them It s a beautiful, hilari...

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24 January 2018

Peter Orner