How do you imagine the future when your story traps you in the past?
Harare, 2000. Gabrielle is a newly-qualified lawyer, fighting for justice for a young girl. Ben is an urbane and charismatic junior diplomat, attached to Harare with the American embassy. With high-level pressure on Gabrielle to drop her case, and Robert Mugabe’s youth wing terrorising his political opponents as he tightens his grip on power, they begin a tentative love affair. But when they fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splinter across continents and their stories diverge, forcing Gabrielle on a painful journey towards self-realisation.
Irene Sabatini, Winner of the 2010 Orange Award for New Writers, navigates Zimbabwe’s unfolding political crises, showing how the dehumanising effects of political violence can shape and remake a life. An Act of Defiance is a sweeping political drama about a young woman’s fight for love and agency in troubled times.
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- Authors:
- Sabatini, Irene (Writer)
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781911648048
- Number of Pages:
- 336
- Year Published:
- 2020
- Language:
- English
- Publication Date:
- 19/03/2020
- Publisher:
- The Indigo Press
- Imprint:
- The Indigo Press
- SKU:
- 9781911648048