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Petina Gappah

Born

in Kitiwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia

October 22, 1971

Website

http://www.petinagappah.com/index.html

Genre

Short Stories

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Petina Gappah is a Zimbabwean writer with law degrees from Cambridge, Graz University, and the University of Zimbabwe. Her short fiction and essays have been published in eight countries. She lives with her son Kush in Geneva, where she works as counsel in an international organisation that provides legal aid on international trade law to developing countries.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 9,316 ratings · 1,456 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Book of Memory 3.73 avg rating — 3,986 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Darkness, Shining Light 3.43 avg rating — 2,573 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elegy for Easterly: Stories 3.77 avg rating — 1,067 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rotten Row 3.96 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elegy for Easterly 3.50 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lament of Hester Muponda 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Memory 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Aus der Dunkelheit strahlendes Licht: Roman by Petina Gappah, Anette Grube (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Schuldigen von Rotten Row by Petina Gappah, Patricia Klobusiczky (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Debut Author Snapshot: Petina Gappah

An albino woman on death row at Zimbabwe's Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison writes down her unusual life story in the new novel The Book of Memory.

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Our last read of 2021 will be from Eastern Africa but which book?

Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah

9 votes, 47.4%

The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

4 votes, 21.1%

Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah

3 votes, 15.8%

Neighbours: The Story of a Murder by Lília Momplé

2 votes, 10.5%

The Promised Land by Grace Ogot

1 vote, 5.3%

The Jungo: Stakes of the Earth by Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin

0 votes, 0.0%

19 total votes

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