Novuyo Rosa Tshuma has won international acclaim for her short fiction. In this, her first collection – consisting of a novella and five short stories – Novuyo displays the breathtaking talent that has seen her win numerous awards. She sketches, with astounding accuracy, the realities of daily life in Zimbabwean townships and the peculiar intricacies of being a foreigner in Johannesburg. Vivid, sparse and, at times, tragically beautiful, Shadows is the work of a major new African voice. In...
