description: Set in the African republic of Botswana--the locale of his acclaimed short story collection, "Whites" --Norman Rush's novel simultaneously explores the highest of intellectual high grounds and the most tortuous ravines of the erotic. tackles the geopolitics of poverty and the mystery of what men and women really want.
language: English
title: Mating
titlecomplete: Mating
genres: 20th Century, American, Africa, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Botswana, Fiction, Anthropology, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4357
places: Botswana
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Irish Times International Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage