Norman Rush
served in the Peace Corps while Norm Rush was Co Director of Peace Corps/ Botswana, Norm's book is an excellent protrayal of volunteers and other expatriates, Moreover, it is a terrific read, Although it is fiction, I recognized all the characters as being I tried to read Mating when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana, but like everyone else I knew, had to put it down because it was such rubbish.
When I came back to the US, I was amazed and enthralled with Whites, a collection of lucid and often funny short stories.
Rush is an American who lived in Botswana for a number of years, and these stories about expatriate life there bear the ring the authenticity that can only come from personal experience.
The stories are slightly linked through shared characters, characters who find
When I came back to the US, I was amazed and enthralled with Whites, a collection of lucid and often funny short stories.
Rush is an American who lived in Botswana for a number of years, and these stories about expatriate life there bear the ring the authenticity that can only come from personal experience.
The stories are slightly linked through shared characters, characters who find
Whether they are Americans, Brits, or a stubborn and suicidally moral Dutchman, Norman Rushs whites are not sure why they are in Botswana.
Their uncertainty makes them do odd things, Driven half mad by the barking of his neighbors dogs, Carl dips timidly into native witchcraftonly to jump back out at the worst possible moment.
Ione briskly pursues a career as a seducer A seductress was merely someone who was seductive and who might or might not be awarded a victory.
But a
seducer was a professional, while her dentist husband fends off the generous advances of an African cook.
Funny, sad, and deeply knowing, polished throughout to a diamond glitter, Whites is a magnificent collection of stories,