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100 1  Moeng, Gothataone,|eauthor. 
245 10 Call and response :|bstories /|cGothataone Moeng. 
264  1 [New York] :|bViking,|c[2023] 
300    289 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 00 |tBotalaote --|tA good girl --|tSmall wonders --|tBodies -
       -|tHoming --|tWhen Mrs. Kennekae dreamt of snakes --
       |tEarly life and education --|tThe first virginity of Gigi
       Kaisara. 
520    "Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families
       in contemporary Botswana as they navigate love, 
       relationships, tradition, caretaking and grieving in a 
       rapidly changing world. A young widow who for a nearly a 
       year wears mourning clothes in part as a warning to those 
       who believe the old superstitions about bad luck following
       --even though she's unsure what the traditions mean or 
       whether she is ready to meet the world without their 
       protection. A girl who blossoms into womanhood as her once
       vibrant aunt lays dying in the room next to hers, torn by 
       familial obligation and her growing desire for 
       independence. An older sister who returns home from a 
       confusing time in America only to explain at every turn 
       why she's left the land of opportunity. A younger sister 
       hiding her sexual exploits from her family while her older
       brother openly flaunts his infidelity. The stories 
       collected in CALL AND RESPONSE introduce women whose 
       desires and obligations will be achingly familiar and who 
       anchored to a place that's new in fiction - in the village
       of Serowe, where the author is from, and in Gaborone, the 
       capital city of Botswana. The protagonists here chart the 
       emotional journeys of seeking love and opportunity beyond 
       the barriers of tradition and circumstance. Suffused with 
       beauty, sorrow, and longing, Gothataone Moeng--part of a 
       new generation of writers coming out of Africa whose 
       voices are ready to explode onto the literary scene in the
       West--explores the inherent clashes between tradition and 
       modernity, ancestral expectations and imported dreams. In 
       the tradition of writers like Chimamanda Adiche and Jhumpa
       Lahiri, her work offers us insight into communities, 
       experiences and landscapes that have been underexplored, 
       through stories that are cinematic in their sweep, with 
       unforgettable female protagonists"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Women|xConduct of life|vFiction. 
651  0 Botswana|vFiction. 
655  7 Short stories.|2lcgft 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tBotalaote. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tGood girl. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tSmall wonders. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tDark matter. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tBodies. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tHoming. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tWhen Mrs. Kennekae dreamt of snakes. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tEarly life and education. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.|tFirst virginity of Gigi Kaisara. 
700 12 Moeng, Gothataone.