For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings

The founder of Pan-African literary magazine, Lolwe,Troy Onyango is a Kenyan writer, editor and lawyer whose work has appeared in international journals and magazines including Prairie Schooner, Wasafiri, Brittle Paper and Transition Magazine. The Caine Prize nominee’s debut is also a short story collection, and this one shows his skill with sharp observations and gentle revelations about solitude, loneliness, connection, loss, love, and the infinite intricacies of daily human life.