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 152
... give when I have his fod- der . There was this sudden commotion . A man swore and pulled the reins , but the horse reared up into the air . It stormed towards me . No longer with four white hoofs and a blaze , but definitely my horse ...
... give when I have his fod- der . There was this sudden commotion . A man swore and pulled the reins , but the horse reared up into the air . It stormed towards me . No longer with four white hoofs and a blaze , but definitely my horse ...
Page 231
... gives no indication that Kroonstad , like the twenty towns before and after , has its own unique history and inhabitants . The young blacks in the audience give him a standing ovation . They are fed up with corruption and incompetence ...
... gives no indication that Kroonstad , like the twenty towns before and after , has its own unique history and inhabitants . The young blacks in the audience give him a standing ovation . They are fed up with corruption and incompetence ...
Page 243
... gives no indication that Kroonstad , like the twenty towns before and after , has its own unique history and inhabitants . The young blacks in the audience give him a standing ovation . They are fed up with corruption and incompetence ...
... gives no indication that Kroonstad , like the twenty towns before and after , has its own unique history and inhabitants . The young blacks in the audience give him a standing ovation . They are fed up with corruption and incompetence ...
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