num_pages: 189
description: Love on Trial a short story from For Honour &amp; Other Stories has been short listed for the prestigious Caine Prize - known as 'The African Booker - for 2012!In the tradition of short-story greats like Chekhov and Grace Paley Malawian writer S.O. Kenani examines weighty subjects with a light touch.Delicately balancing humour and pathos he introduces us to the inhabitants of Chipiri a village where everything begins under the kachere tree. From Mr Kachingwe willing to enthral you with his outrageous views on homosexuality for the price of a tot and Zione following her dream of becoming an au pair in Europe; to Mark who accidentally lands in a civil war in Nileland during a plane crash and Sister Fire arriving to adopt a Malawian child these characters will delight and captivate you.Though many leave the village they always return. Some stay; others share their stories of hardship and success before heading off on another adventure.
language: English
title: For Honour and other stories
publisher: Random House Struik Pty Ltd