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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... face close to the tie and smelling her father , hoping he will protect her . And how a nurse is pulling her away . And her father's helpless face . And how she is moving away from her father's body , but holding on to his tie . Then her ...
... face close to the tie and smelling her father , hoping he will protect her . And how a nurse is pulling her away . And her father's helpless face . And how she is moving away from her father's body , but holding on to his tie . Then her ...
Page 170
... face of a man . He has a beard and a parting creased into his hair and his eyes seem ... sad . Above the face , these words : ' I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society . And below : Cde Nelson Mandela . I become ...
... face of a man . He has a beard and a parting creased into his hair and his eyes seem ... sad . Above the face , these words : ' I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society . And below : Cde Nelson Mandela . I become ...
Page 257
... face , not that of the ANC , that has become the best - known face in the world . It is his name , not the name of the ANC , that is familiar to millions of people who don't even know where South Africa is or who is governing here . As ...
... face , not that of the ANC , that has become the best - known face in the world . It is his name , not the name of the ANC , that is familiar to millions of people who don't even know where South Africa is or who is governing here . As ...
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