Where they don’t take newspapers for granted
June 25th, 2009 at 08:40am Jennie Pollock
Petina Gappah was on NPR this morning talking about her book, which is a set of fictional stories that paint a picture of her real homeland, Zimbabwe.
One of the characters, a salesman, carries a newspaper around to show he’s credible. Gappah said she did that because in rural communities, newspapers are treasured; often one copy is read by many at the same time.
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