{"product_id":"forbidden-desires-ernest-musekiwa-9798188171063","title":"Forbidden Desires: A Literary Novel of Scholarship, Memory, and the Pursuit of Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young scholar's promising future is cut short by an unexpected tragedy, leaving behind an unfinished doctoral thesis and a question that refuses to disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen academics at a Zimbabwean university begin retracing the final months of Rebecca Ncube's research, they expect to uncover answers. Instead, they discover something far more profound. The search becomes a journey through archives, forgotten correspondence, mentorship, institutional memory, and the quiet conversations that shape both scholars and universities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs colleagues, students, librarians, and archivists work together to understand Rebecca's unfinished work, they learn that true scholarship is not measured merely by completed manuscripts or prestigious titles. It is found in intellectual humility, ethical leadership, careful mentorship, and the willingness to ask questions that endure beyond one generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet within the rich intellectual landscape of an African university, \u003ci\u003eForbidden Desires\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful literary novel exploring the nature of truth, legacy, and the communities that preserve knowledge. Rather than relying on sensational twists, it offers a deeply human portrait of academic life and the enduring influence of one scholar's unfinished conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who appreciate reflective fiction, university settings, and character-driven storytelling, this novel is an invitation to consider what it truly means to leave a lasting legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Musekiwa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798188171063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.23d","brand":"Ernest Musekiwa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665937928447,"sku":"9798188171063","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forbidden-desires-ernest-musekiwa-9798188171063","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}