The Whole Body Breathing offers a clear practice that guides you in the gradual discovery of your spine's vitality.
Irene Sabatini Books
This author delves into the complexities of human relationships and the profound sense of loss. Her style is poetic and richly imagistic, often exploring themes of identity, memory, and the search for belonging. Her prose flows with a hypnotic quality, drawing readers into the depths of the human psyche and existential questioning.
An Act of Defiance
- 336 pages
- 12 hours of reading
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 both fall victim to a shocking attack, their lives splinter across continents and their stories diverge, forcing Gabrielle on a painful journey towards self-realisation.
The Boy Next Door
- 416 pages
- 15 hours of reading
A powerful love story set in post-independence Zimbabwe as it slides towards chaos, by an exciting new African writer.
Peace and Conflict
- 357 pages
- 13 hours of reading
This is the story of a young boy's adventures as he takes it upon himself to solve the mystery of an 'evil' old neighbour in Geneva, and a missing auntie in Zimbabwe. Charming, funny and resonant, this is a novel about how one boy comes to understand what conflict can do to a person, a family, a whole country - and what it means to fight for peace.
Gegen alle Widerstände - die Geschichte eines außergewöhnlichen Paares Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Die schwarze Lindiwe kann ihre Faszination für Ian, den ungestümen weißen Nachbarsjungen, nicht verbergen. Zwischen ihnen entwickelt sich eine zarte Verbindung. Aber die Zeit ist gegen sie: Die schwarze Bevölkerung lehnt sich gegen die Weißen auf, das Land versinkt im Bürgerkrieg. Gemeinsam wollen sie schließlich nach Südafrika fliehen, doch im letzten Moment bekommt Ian kalte Füße und lässt Lindwie nach ihrer ersten gemeinsamen Nacht in einem Hotel an der Grenze zurück. Erst sechs Jahre später sehen sich die beiden wieder.
