"A generous, patient, wry and intelligent voice... that] suggests not just a writer who can seduce us through beautiful language and unfailing humor. We also encounter a writer who has the power to shock and frighten us, to astound and anger and unsettle us...In short, his is a voice for which one s[...]
Ways of Dying tells the story of the eccentric but dignified professional mourner, Toloki. His odyssey takes him from a rural village community to the shabby, vibrant outskirts of a contemporary South African city, where the tenderness that springs up between him and the beautiful and tragic Noria h[...]
In a new novel by one of the premier writers of the "new" South Africa, an exile returns from America--where he fled during the apartheid regime--to find his newly democratic country in a shambles. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.[...]
The author's fifth novel charts a tender, funny romance between the "Whale Caller" in the small South African coastal town of Hermanus and the town drunk, Saluni. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.[...]
In the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe, the royal sculptor had two sons, Chata and Rendani. As they grew, so grew their rivalry - and their extraordinary talents. But while Rendani became a master sculptor of the animals that run in the wild hills and lush valleys of the land, Chata learned to carve [...]
A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year
"Moving, funny... Here is a man looking back on his life and country with joy and sorrow."
--John Freeman, "The Boston Globe"The most acclaimed South African writer of his generation, Zakes Mda eight novels venture far beyond the conventional narrat[...]
Mdas bok är en mångbottnad berättelse vävd dels kring historiska händelser som utspelades i kapprovinsen på 1800-talet och dels kring ett nutida Sydafrika i brytpunkten mellan tradition och modernitet. Och samtidigt ett gäckande kärleksdrama. Det är magisk realism från den afrikanska konti[...]
Saluni - Valsångaren - Sharisha. Ett triangeldrama mellan en kvinna, en man och en val.
I en liten stad på Sydafrikas västkust dit valarna vandrar varje år sitter en man och väntar på sin älskade. När alla utländska turister, med sin grälla skjortor och dyrbara kikare [...]