Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
AbortionModerate
Death, SlaveryCommunity Reviews
Summary of 40 reviews
Moods
challenging 50%
dark 50%
emotional 50%
inspiring 16%
sad 16%
Pace
medium 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 50% | Character: 50%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 75% | No: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | Yes: 40%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Average rating
160 pages | first published 1998
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ISBN/UID: 9780374291860
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 12 September 2000
Description
Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late l940s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. When Fumbatha, a...Book Information
160 pages | first published 1998
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ISBN/UID: 9780374291860
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 12 September 2000
Description
Butterfly Burning brings the brilliantly poetic voice of Zimbabwean writer Yvonne Vera to American readers for the first time. Set in Makokoba, a black township, in the late l940s, the novel is an intensely bittersweet love story. When Fumbatha, a...Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
AbortionModerate
Death, SlaveryCommunity Reviews
Summary of 40 reviews
Moods
challenging 50%
dark 50%
emotional 50%
inspiring 16%
sad 16%
Pace
medium 14%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 50% | Character: 50%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 25% | Yes: 25%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 75% | No: 25%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | Yes: 40%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 25%Average rating