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The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo Paperback - 2007

by Peter Orner

This utterly original debut novel from the prizewinning author of "Esther Stories" takes a young American to a school in Africa, where he falls for a woman of far deeper experience.


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  • Title The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
  • Author Peter Orner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Back Bay Books, Boston
  • Date 2007-05-16
  • Features Maps, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780316066334 / 0316066338
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
  • Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Single mothers
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • New York Times, 07/01/2007, Page 20

About the author

Peter Orner is the author of three widely praised books, Esther Stories and The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo, and Love and Shame and Love. His work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and The Best American Short Stories, and has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. A former Guggenheim Fellow, Orner is now a faculty member at San Francisco State University.
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