EXIT WOUNDS, a story of love, loss and occasional wars

274pp., paperback, First SA Edition, Johannesburg, 2024

First published in the UK in 2024.

"Finely wrought, contemplative, intimate, lyrical and searingly emotionally honest, Exit Wounds is a story of war and love and of tragedy. In a life that has been marked by loss: of a birthright, a nation, of family and finally of his marriage, Peter Godwin traverses the wilderness of grief towards redemption. Exit Wounds will leave you breathless and imprint itself indelibly upon your heart" Aminatta Forna, author of The Memory of Love

"A rich, shattering memoir of an extraordinary family. Lifted up by rueful humour, easy erudition, painful honesty and deep affection, Peter Godwin's story swings between Zimbabwe and New York, with time in London, where his formidable mother is dying. Exit Wounds is a harrowing, gorgeous account, ultimately, of his own long search for home" William Finnegan, author of Barbarian Days

Peter Godwin was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He is the author of six non-fiction books including Mukiwa, which received the George Orwell Prize and the Esquire-Apple-Waterstones award, and When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, which won the Borders Original Voices Award. He has taught writing at Wesleyan University and the University of Columbia and served as President of the PEN American Center. An Orwell fellow and a Guggenheim fellow, he lives in New York City.