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 68
... simply shattered them . If they took these things for themselves , something would make sense , but I find it hard to stomach mere destruction . ' ' What is the matter with us Afrikaners ? ' asks my mother when I tell her about the ...
... simply shattered them . If they took these things for themselves , something would make sense , but I find it hard to stomach mere destruction . ' ' What is the matter with us Afrikaners ? ' asks my mother when I tell her about the ...
Page 166
... simply say : I want to say Mandela . I ask around . I consult students and activists . But it is clear : Mandela is simply a symbol . Nobody knows what he looks like , nobody knows exactly what he has said . We just know that he is ...
... simply say : I want to say Mandela . I ask around . I consult students and activists . But it is clear : Mandela is simply a symbol . Nobody knows what he looks like , nobody knows exactly what he has said . We just know that he is ...
Page 312
... simply do not understand the focus on loneliness and misery . ' Amina sits quietly for a long time before she closes the discussion with the following reading : Words create other light we work with light That evening she stands for a ...
... simply do not understand the focus on loneliness and misery . ' Amina sits quietly for a long time before she closes the discussion with the following reading : Words create other light we work with light That evening she stands for a ...
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