Inside Harare Alcatraz and Other Short Stories by Andrew Chatora was a well-written and thoughtful set of short stories. It is a bit outside of my genre comfort zone, but I received a copy of the ebook in exchange for an honest review and I really really enjoyed it.
This is a collection of short stories centering around Zimbabwe people, European policies, and culture, among other things. The stories all focus on different aspects of culture, but they all share central themes of racism and misogyny. Each story was impactful and thought provoking. They encouraged me to do my own research on different events that were mentioned in the stories. These stories do not tread lightly around important issues, they go right into the messiness and bring it to light. I loved this about them. They were written in a way in which I learned a lot, but was also thoroughly invested in the story and drawn into the struggles shown by the different characters.
Overall, I really enjoyed this set of short stories. I would recommend them to anyone who loves short stories, anyone who wants to delve deeper into the issues on misogyny and racism on a more international level, or anyone who wants a shorter collection of short stories packed with knowledge and culture. The writing was really well done and the characters, while only having a few pages to come into play, were well developed.
This is a collection of short stories centering around Zimbabwe people, European policies, and culture, among other things. The stories all focus on different aspects of culture, but they all share central themes of racism and misogyny. Each story was impactful and thought provoking. They encouraged me to do my own research on different events that were mentioned in the stories. These stories do not tread lightly around important issues, they go right into the messiness and bring it to light. I loved this about them. They were written in a way in which I learned a lot, but was also thoroughly invested in the story and drawn into the struggles shown by the different characters.
Overall, I really enjoyed this set of short stories. I would recommend them to anyone who loves short stories, anyone who wants to delve deeper into the issues on misogyny and racism on a more international level, or anyone who wants a shorter collection of short stories packed with knowledge and culture. The writing was really well done and the characters, while only having a few pages to come into play, were well developed.