A Change of TongueRandom House, 2003 - 376 pages In times of fundamental change, people tend to find a space, lose it and the find another space as life and the world transform around them. What does this metamorphosis entail and in what ways are we affected by it? How do we live through it and what may we become on our journey toward each other, particularly when the space and places form which we depart are - at least on the surface - so vastly different? Ranging freely and often wittily across many terrains, this brave book by one of South Africa's foremost writers and poets provides a unique and compelling discourse on living creatively in Africa today |
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Page 114
... arms . We stood arm in arm . Suddenly it was as if the whole landscape stopped breathing . Then we started walking . It was a march in complete stillness . Your heart started to spin dully inside you like an overripe pear . But after a ...
... arms . We stood arm in arm . Suddenly it was as if the whole landscape stopped breathing . Then we started walking . It was a march in complete stillness . Your heart started to spin dully inside you like an overripe pear . But after a ...
Page 227
... arms out , indicating that I should pick him up , but just as I was about to do so , a white truck - driver yelled for me not to touch the boy . The truck- driver scared the child , who then dropped his arms as though he did not want me ...
... arms out , indicating that I should pick him up , but just as I was about to do so , a white truck - driver yelled for me not to touch the boy . The truck- driver scared the child , who then dropped his arms as though he did not want me ...
Page 243
... arm He clasps him snugly , he keeps him warm . She hears the question . She sees the father . She notes that the word ' father ' and the word ' arm ' are on either side of the ' child ' : the father holds the child warm and secure in his ...
... arm He clasps him snugly , he keeps him warm . She hears the question . She sees the father . She notes that the word ' father ' and the word ' arm ' are on either side of the ' child ' : the father holds the child warm and secure in his ...
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