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 109
... never hide behind such bullshit ! ' ' Now why do you think it's nonsense ? ' Her father has never sworn . A word like ' shit ' will never cross his lips . ' Man , I told her the child is one of four children in a family struggling to ...
... never hide behind such bullshit ! ' ' Now why do you think it's nonsense ? ' Her father has never sworn . A word like ' shit ' will never cross his lips . ' Man , I told her the child is one of four children in a family struggling to ...
Page 262
... never smiled . The man emptying the rubbish bins never looked up . Those who strung up the lights never looked back to see how lovely they were . It was winter . Your bare branches hung in the water like whips . On the frost- white ...
... never smiled . The man emptying the rubbish bins never looked up . Those who strung up the lights never looked back to see how lovely they were . It was winter . Your bare branches hung in the water like whips . On the frost- white ...
Page 345
... never had birth cer- tificates . If you do not have a birth certificate , someone who witnessed your birth has to give a statement to that effect to the police . Many people living in remote places , whose births went off without ...
... never had birth cer- tificates . If you do not have a birth certificate , someone who witnessed your birth has to give a statement to that effect to the police . Many people living in remote places , whose births went off without ...
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