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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... move like mica sails across the dam . She waits . She doesn't stir . Is this how time dies ? This place that will ... moves from one side of her foot to the other . A couple of paces from her he comes sliding lithely from the reeds . His ...
... move like mica sails across the dam . She waits . She doesn't stir . Is this how time dies ? This place that will ... moves from one side of her foot to the other . A couple of paces from her he comes sliding lithely from the reeds . His ...
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... move your feet through the dry leaves move them , move them ' chapter thirty - four One Friday afternoon a strange boy and his mother are at the table . They speak English . Mrs Read is a journalist from the Farmer's Weekly who wants to ...
... move your feet through the dry leaves move them , move them ' chapter thirty - four One Friday afternoon a strange boy and his mother are at the table . They speak English . Mrs Read is a journalist from the Farmer's Weekly who wants to ...
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... move ? ' says Edward Koch , a former mayor . ' I say move ! Where else would you guys get such cheap meals in such first - class restaurants ? ' The UN is cordoned off . One's hard - won accreditation does not shield one from the ...
... move ? ' says Edward Koch , a former mayor . ' I say move ! Where else would you guys get such cheap meals in such first - class restaurants ? ' The UN is cordoned off . One's hard - won accreditation does not shield one from the ...
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