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Madonna of Excelsior
A Novel
Av Zakes Mda
E-bok, 2007
229 kr
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A new novel by a towering presence in contemporary South African literature In 1971, nineteen citizens of Excelsior in South Africa''s white-ruled Free State were charged with breaking apartheid''s Immorality Act, which forbade sex between blacks and whites. Taking this case as raw material for his …
Rachel's Blue
Av Zakes Mda
Inbunden, 2016
274 kr
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Novelist Zakes Mda has made a name for himself as a key chronicler of the new, post-apartheid South Africa, casting a satirical eye on its claims of political unity, its rising black middle class, and other aspects of its complicated, multiracial society.In this novel, however, he turns his lens …
And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses
Four Works
Av Zakes Mda
Häftad, 1993
281 kr
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Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and a child share a last loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker, and a young girl finds her missing father …
Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating
Three Satires
Av Zakes Mda
Häftad, 2002
281 kr
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Cupidity, corruption and conciliation are the themes of the three plays in this collection from one of South Africa's leading writes. The Mother of all Eating, a one-hander, with its central character a corrupt Lesotho official, is a grinding satire on materialism in which the protagonist gets his …
Nothing but the Truth
A Play
Häftad, 2002
281 kr
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An award-winning play about the relationship between brothers.Nothing but the Truth is the story of two brothers, of sibling rivalry, of exile, of memory and reconciliation, and the ambiguities of freedom. The play was John Kani's debut as sole playwright and was first performed in the Market …
Our Lady of Benoni
A Play
Av Zakes Mda
Häftad, 2012
281 kr
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An innovative play tackling the role of patriarchy in South African cultureZakes Mda's satire is a kaleidoscopic display of the extremes to which men (and by implication women) are prepared to go in terms of valuing what is 'virginal'. Mda presents us with the consequences of transgression: that …
Our Lady of Benoni
A play
Av Zakes Mda
E-bok, 2012
310 kr
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Zakes Mda’s satire is a kaleidoscopic display of the extremes to which men (and by implication women) are prepared to go in terms of valuing what is ‘virginal’. Mda presents us with the consequences of transgression: that which is seen as polluted and judged to be dangerous to the good health and …
Fools, Bells and the Habit of Eating
Three Satires
Av Zakes Mda
E-bok, 2002
307 kr
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Cupidity, corruption and conciliation are the themes of the three plays in this collection from one of South Africa’s leading writes. The Mother of all Eating, a one-hander, with its central character a corrupt Lesotho official, is a grinding satire on materialism in which the protagonist gets his …
And the Girls in their Sunday Dresses
Four Works
Av Zakes Mda
E-bok, 1993
317 kr
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Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and a child share a last loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker, and a young girl finds her missing father …
Little Suns
Av Zakes Mda
Häftad, 2019
126 kr
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It is 1903. A lame and frail Malangana - 'Little Suns' - searches for his beloved Mthwakazi after many lonely years spent in Lesotho. Mthwakazi was the young woman he had fallen in love with twenty years earlier, before the assassination of Hamilton Hope ripped the two of them apart.Intertwined …
Sculptors of Mapungubwe
Av Zakes Mda
Häftad, 2018
202 kr
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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 carver of the animals that run in the wild hills and lush valleys of the land, Chata learned to carve …
Justify the Enemy
Becoming Human in South Africa
Av Zakes Mda, J.U. Jacobs
Häftad, 2017
331 kr
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This book is a collection of non-fiction by the prolific author Zakes Mda. It showcases his role as a public intellectual with the inclusion of public lectures, essays and media articles. Mda focuses on South Africa’s history and the present, identity and belonging, the art of writing, human …
