October

Zoë Wicomb . She was an inaugural winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize in fiction.

Praise for October:"Wicomb adeptly navigates time, place, and the minds of various characters to illustrate the impact of apartheid on one family."—The New YorkerOne of Flavorwire's 10 Must-Read Books for March 2014"Wicomb (Playing in the Light) contemplates the meaning of family, the limits of forgiveness, and the deep responsibilities of having children. [October] provides an insightful look at how 'memory is bound up with place,' and at what it means to return home."—Publishers WeeklyPraise for Zoë Wicomb:"An extraordinary writer. Zoe Wicomb has mined pure gold from that place [South Africa]—seductive, brilliant, and precious, her talent glitters."—Toni Morrison"Wicomb deserves a wide American audience, on a par with Nadine Gordimer."—The Wall Street Journal"A sophisticated storyteller who combines the open-endedness of contemporary fiction with the force of autobiography."—Bharati Mukherjee, The New York TimesPraise for Playing in the Light:"Post-apartheid South Africa is indeed a new world. . . . With this novel, Wicomb proves a keen guide."—The New York Times"Delectable. . . . Wicomb's prose is as delightful and satisfying in its culmination as watching the sun set over the Atlantic Ocean."—The Christian Science Monitor"[A] thoughtful, poetic novel."—The Times (London)"Deep and subtle. . . . This tight, dense novel gives complex history a human face."—KirkusPraise for The One That Got Away:"Combine[s] the coolly interrogative gaze of the outsider with an insider’s intimate warmth."—J.M. Coetzee