Ghostheart
- ISBN-10
- 193538385X
- ISBN-13
- 9781935383857
- Series
- Ghostheart
- Pages
- 356
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-09-01
- Author
- Benus Adu Poku
Description
What happens when a young mother throws her newly delivered twins into the toilet of the Christ Celestial Church? What actually happens when an unsuspecting neighbour, Madam Rosary, after taking excess of purgative, attends to the call of nature at the pit-latrine located in the compound of Christ Celestial Church on a Saturday night? What happens when people hear the crying of a human beneath the deep pit-latrine of Christ Celestial Church? This story is about Puleng Ntsapi and her newly delivered twins, Doris and Doreen. The twins receive the rudest welcome to the world from their biological mother. The arrival of a white South African farmer, Van Hans, at the sordid scene is God-sent. After a night of digging and prayers the souls are recovered in the morning. The mother is arrested; betrayed by the trail of her own blood. What will be the handiwork of Divine Providence? The mystery of the Divine Essence is the hallmark of the story. This is a gruesome but morally appetizing story set in the rural highlands of Lesotho in Southern Africa. The story has an all-encompassing magnetizing flavour with a universal appeal. Benus Adu Poku's gift of using a fulgent literary warehouse to paint feelings and passions in diverse human circumstances is uniquely portrayed. To find a parallel we have to revisit the classical era, in the day of Homer and Sophocles. This is a beautiful Ghostheart story and indeed a legacy for generations.
