Butterfly Burning
by Yvonne Vera
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Softcover. Minor toning to page edges, else a FINE copy.
Butterfly Burning is a novel by Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera that was first published on January 1, 1998. Set in the late 1940s, it is about the voice of the people under colonialism in Zimbabwe. It is a romantic story that follows the life of construction worker Fumbatha, who falls in love with Phephelaphi, a much younger woman.
