Elegy for Easterly
A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his new job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlor brings unexpected riches; a politician''s widow stands quietly by at her husband''s funeral, watching his colleagues bury an empty casket. Petina Gappah''s characters may have ordinary hopes and dreams, but they a...
A woman in a township in Zimbabwe is surrounded by throngs of dusty children but longs for a baby of her own; an old man finds that his new job making coffins at No Matter Funeral Parlor brings unexpected riches; a politician''s widow stands quietly by at her husband''s funeral, watching his colleagues bury an empty casket. Petina Gappah''s characters may have ordinary hopes and dreams, but they a...
