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Tendai Biti is a Zimbabwean politician who served as Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2013. He is the current Member of Parliament for Harare East Constituency and the second Vice President of Movement for Democratic Change.
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 2003-10-05 (first published in 1985)
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A timeless tale of love and devotion, this novel follows Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza as they fall deeply in love in their youth. Though Fermina chooses to marry another, Florentino never forgets his feelings for her, even as he finds himself in over 600 other affairs. When Fermina's husband passes away, Florentino attends the funeral with a purpose - to once again declare his love, fifty years after their initial connection.
Tendai Biti
2019-12-30T06:32:59.000Z
2)Marquez s “Love in the time of cholera” & “100 yrs of solitude “ are two of my top books but one still weeps reading or re- reading Tolstoy s “ War & Peace “a book bettered only by “ Anna Karenina. Not a fan of these motivational books but that “f#cked “ up book is quite funny      source
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 2003-06-24 (first published in 1967)
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This literary masterpiece by a Nobel Prize winner tells the story of Macondo, the mythical town, through the history of the Buendía family. It is a captivating tale of rise and fall, birth and death, and unforgettable characters. With lyrical magic that strikes the soul, this novel is a must-read for all who seek truth, compassion, and meaning in life.
Tendai Biti
2019-12-30T06:32:59.000Z
2)Marquez s “Love in the time of cholera” & “100 yrs of solitude “ are two of my top books but one still weeps reading or re- reading Tolstoy s “ War & Peace “a book bettered only by “ Anna Karenina. Not a fan of these motivational books but that “f#cked “ up book is quite funny      source
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Out of Darkness, Shining Light
A Novel
Petina Gappah - 2019-09-10
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Travel back to nineteenth-century Africa with Petina Gappah's captivating novel of exploration and adventure. Follow the loyal men and women who carried Dr. Livingstone's body, papers, and maps fifteen hundred miles across the continent to be returned to England. Narrated by the doctor's cook and a freed slave, this tale offers a powerful look at the hypocrisy of slavery and colonization, while also celebrating resilience, loyalty, and love.
Tendai Biti
2019-12-13T09:23:54.000Z
Ms Petina Gappah s latest book “Out of Darkness, Shining Light” is an extremely ambitious project that scales heights never before flighted by a Zimbabwean author . It’s a frightening historical novel that must make compulsory reading .Bar her politics , this woman is a treasure      source
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Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy - 2012-10-16 (first published in 1878)
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A timeless classic, Anna Karenina is a captivating novel that covers themes of love, family, and society in nineteenth-century Russia. Written by Leo Tolstoy and hailed by famous authors such as Dostoyevsky, Nabokov, and Faulkner, the novel tells the story of a woman torn between her passion for a man who is not her husband and her desire to maintain social expectations. Tolstoy's unrivaled prose and attention to detail make this novel a must-read for lovers of literary fiction.
Tendai Biti
2018-09-23T10:00:13.000Z
Re-reading Tolstoy s Anna Karenina one would have to wonder wether a better book was ever written ? With great respect to Dostoevsky, Marquez,Dickens ,Allende ,Coelho, Soyinka, Sembene, Conrad,Eco,Kafka, Murukami, Roth ,Achebe and many many others      source