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Published in conjunction with the awardwinning Coming to Birth this novelis the first U.S. release of a major force in East African literature. Of herability to both empathize with her characters and capture their complex levelsthe Weekly Review said Macgoyes major virtue as a writer and social criticis the inclusiveness of her vision. Nothing human is alien to her. She refusesto bestow virtue or villainy along ideological or gender lines.The Present Moment tells the story of seven unforgettable Kenyan women as ittraces more than sixty years of turbulent national history. Like their countrythese women are divided by ethnicity language class and religion. But aroundthe charcoal fire at the Refuge the oldage home they share they uncover thehidden personal histories that connect them as women stories of theirstruggles for selfdetermination of conflict violence and loss but also ofsurvival. As they reflect upon their tragedies they also become aware of thecommunity they have formeda community of collective history strength humorand affection. A chronology by Jean Hay provides U.S. readers with context onKenyan history.Marjorie Macgoye paints a group portrait colored by deep respect compassionand admiration.Commonwealth Today Great BritainWith the vividly specific economy of the best poetry . . . Macgoye confers astature and significance on humble lives or rather shows that behind themost unpromising human facades lurk lives of extraordinary courage enterpriseand resilience.Sunday Nation KenyaMarjorie Oludhe Macgoye is the awardwinning author of Coming to Birth aswell as many other novels andvolumes of poetry. The first African woman writerto receive the Sinclair Prize in 1986 she lives in Nairobi Kenya.Valerie Kibera has taught European and African literature at KenyattaUniversity Nairobi. She is editor of An Anthology of East African ShortStories. «
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