MEMORY Chirere, in his collection of short stories "Somewhere in this Country" (2006), exposes the void that exists in a society that loses faith in itself, alienates itself and seeks solutions in my myopia.
Using nihilistic and surrealistic traits of modernism, the writer reveals the malaise, paralysis and stasis of the family unit which reflects on the community platform and burdens the national psyche. As individuals struggle to locate themselves in the national biography, they find themselves at wit's end, perceiving life to be a dream. Weighed down by poverty and suffering, the individual seeks hope in the violent sites of his existence, sex, alcoholism and reverie.
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