{"title":"Series: African Language Literatures in Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrican Language Literatures in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers access to the rich and diverse voices of African authors, presented in English to reach a wider audience. This series invites exploration of varied narratives that reflect the continent's cultural, historical, and social landscapes through distinctive storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom contemporary fiction to works that touch on political and social themes, these translations reveal the depth and vibrancy of African literary traditions. Readers can expect a thought-provoking journey into perspectives that broaden understanding and celebrate linguistic heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-mad-by-ignatius-t-mabasa-9780820376943","title":"The Mad","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Mad\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in Shona as \u003ci\u003eMapenzi\u003c\/i\u003e and awarded the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Award, Mabasa’s pen runs riot, using sarcasm, humour, and a disjointed writing style that gels with its troubled and unpredictable characters. Set in the second decade of Zimbabwe’s independence, the novel paints a vivid portrait of poverty, violence, dehumanisation, and postcolonial dislocation. It doesn’t shy away from painful truths, instead laying bare the realities of marginalised communities in Zimbabwe and exploring madness, dreams, strife, and a search for something that seems elusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvocative of the hustle and bustle in the lives and minds of many Zimbabweans during this period, the story reeks with the experience of people struggling to survive poverty, violence, disintegration, fear, coloniality, and dejection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStructured in a way that echoes oral performance, with dramatic monologues, dialogue-driven exposition, and moral ambiguity that swim in a pool of decolonial language politics, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a milestone in Zimbabwean literature but a powerful African literary work that redefines what the modern African novel can be. It uniquely contributes to the broader conversation around how African societies manage cultural continuity and rupture in the face of colonial legacies, poverty, and globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is no surprise, then, that \u003ci\u003eThe Mad\u003c\/i\u003e has been awarded the Zimbabwe Book Publishers Association Award and that \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e has called \u003ci\u003eThe Mad\u003c\/i\u003e “one of the most significant books to have come out of Africa.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934328996076,"sku":"9780820376943","price":416.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780820376943-the-mad.jpg?v=1783912674"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/series-african-language-literatures-in-translation.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}