A Story Of South Africa

Author : Rebecca Fasselt,Corinne Sandwith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000562408

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The Short Story in South Africa by Rebecca Fasselt,Corinne Sandwith Pdf

This book considers the key critical interventions on short story writing in South Africa written in English since the year 2000. The short story genre, whilst often marginalised in national literary canons, has been central to the trajectory of literary history in South Africa. In recent years, the short story has undergone a significant renaissance, with new collections and young writers making a significant impact on the contemporary literary scene, and subgenres such as speculative fiction, erotic fiction, flash fiction and queer fiction expanding rapidly in popularity. This book examines the role of the short story genre in reflecting or championing new developments in South African writing and the ways in which traditional boundaries and definitions of the short story in South Africa have been reimagined in the present. Drawing together a range of critical interventions, including scholarly articles, interviews and personal reflective pieces, the volume traces some of the aesthetic and thematic continuities and discontinuities in the genre and sheds new light on questions of literary form. Finally, the book considers the place of the short story in twenty-first century writing and interrogates the ways in which the short story form may contribute to, or recast ideas of, the post-apartheid or post-transitional. The perfect guide to contemporary short story writing in South Africa, this book will be essential reading for researchers of African literature.

Author : Susan V. Gallagher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015022057049

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A Story of South Africa by Susan V. Gallagher Pdf

With the publication of Age of Iron--winner of Britain's richest fiction prize, the Sunday Express Book of the Year for 1990--J. M. Coetzee is now recognized as one of the foremost writers of our day. In this timely study of Coetzee's fiction, Susan Gallagher places his work in the context of South African history and politics. Her close historical readings of Coetzee's six major novels explore how he lays bare the "dense complicity between thought and language" in South Africa. Following a penetrating description of the unique difficulties facing writers under apartheid, Gallagher recounts how history, language, and authority have been used to marginalize the majority of South Africa's people. Her story reaches from the beginnings of Afrikaner nationalism to the recent past: the Sharpeville massacre, the jailing of Nelson Mandela, and the Soweto uprising. As a result of his rejection of liberal and socialist realism, Coetzee has been branded an escapist, but Gallagher ably defends him from this charge. Her cogent, convincingly argued examination of his novels demonstrates that Coetzee's fictional response is "apocalyptic in the most profound Biblical sense, obscurely pointing toward ineffable realities transcending discursive definition." Viewing Coetzee's fiction in this context, Gallagher describes a new kind of novel "that arises out of history, but also rivals history." This analysis reveals Coetzee's novels to be profound responses to their time and place as well as richly rewarding investigations of the storyteller's art.

Author : Thula Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 1776095863

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History of South Africa by Thula Simpson Pdf

Author : JOHN. BAILEY PAMPALLIS (MARYKE.),Maryke Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928232957

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A Brief History of South Africa by JOHN. BAILEY PAMPALLIS (MARYKE.),Maryke Bailey Pdf

Author : Trevor Noah
Publisher : One World
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780399588181

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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love.

Author : Dougie Oakes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001642300

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Reader's Digest Illustrated History of South Africa by Dougie Oakes Pdf

A record of all races and history of South Africa, featuring notable personalities and pivotal events.

Author : Mina Javaherbin
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781536221596

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Goal! by Mina Javaherbin Pdf

“Uplifting and inspiring, this beautifully written and illustrated book reminds us of the joys and saving grace of friendship and sport.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu In a dusty township in South Africa, Ajani and his friends have earned a brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. They kick. They dribble. They run. They score. These clever boys are football champions! But when a crew of bullies tries to steal their ball, will Ajani and his friends be able to beat them at their own game?

Author : Cuan Elgin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 1588402940

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Bulala by Cuan Elgin Pdf

Gripping novel history of South Africa from earliest times. Afrikaner, Boer, Coloured, Dutch, English, Indian, Irish, Scots, Xhosa and Zulu struggle with and against each other in the taming of a harsh, but beautiful land.

Author : Alliste Sparks,Allister Spakrs
Publisher : Random House
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781448135004

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Tomorrow Is Another Country by Alliste Sparks,Allister Spakrs Pdf

Tomorrow is Another Country celebrates the miraculous social, moral and political transformation in South Africa signaled by the death of apartheid. For the first time, the true events which shaped history are revealed in this fascinating account. A drama hidden behind official world coverage, which stretches back to the four years before Nelson Mandela was released from jail in February 1990. Allister Sparks, South Africa's award-winning journalist, tells an extraordinary story of secret meetings between leading government parties, their political prisoners and the outlawed opposition - a dangerous, bloody political conflict which led to the historic election of 1994.

Author : R. W. Johnson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141957913

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South Africa's Brave New World by R. W. Johnson Pdf

The universal jubilation that greeted Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of South Africa in 1994 and the process by which the nightmare of apartheid had been banished is one of the most thrilling, hopeful stories in the modern era: peaceful, rational change was possible and, as with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weight of an oppressive history was suddenly lifted. R.W. Johnson's major new book tells the story of South Africa from that magic period to the bitter disappointment of the present. As it turned out, it was not so easy for South Africa to shake off its past. The profound damage of apartheid meant there was not an adequate educated black middle class to run the new state and apartheid had done great psychological harm too, issues that no amount of goodwill could wish away. Equally damaging were the new leaders, many of whom had lived in exile or in prison for much of their adult lives and who tried to impose decrepit, Eastern Bloc political ideas on a world that had long moved on. This disastrous combination has had a terrible impact - it poisoned everything from big business to education to energy utilities to AIDS policy to relations with Zimbabwe. At the heart of the book lies the ruinous figure of Thabo Mbeki, whose over-reaching ambitions led to catastrophic failure on almost every front. But, as Johnson makes clear, Mbeki may have contributed more than anyone else to bringing South Africa close to "failed state" status, but he had plenty of help.

Author : Beverley Naidoo
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0008523304

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Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverley Naidoo Pdf

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.

Author : David Brock Katz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : South Africa
ISBN : 1928248071

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South Africans Versus Rommel by David Brock Katz Pdf

Author : Phil Bildner
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780698149724

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The Soccer Fence by Phil Bildner Pdf

In a country struggling with acceptance, hope can come in many different forms. As a boy, Hector loved playing soccer in his small Johannesburg township. He dreamed of playing on a real pitch with the boys from another part of the city, but apartheid made that impossible. Then, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and apartheid began to crumble. The march toward freedom in South Africa was a slow one, but when the beloved Bafana Bafana national soccer team won the African Cup of Nations, Hector realized that dreams once impossible could now come true. This poignant story of friendship artfully depicts a brief but critical moment in South Africa’s history and the unique role that sports can play in bringing people together.

Author : Brenna M. Munro
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816677689

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South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come by Brenna M. Munro Pdf

Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa

Author : Botlhale Tema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Families
ISBN : 1776094123

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Land of My Ancestors by Botlhale Tema Pdf

Land of My Ancestors, previously published as The People of Welgeval, tells the story of the two young men and their descendants, as they build a life for themselves on Welgeval. As they raise their families and take in people who have been dispossessed, we follow the births, deaths, adventures and joys of the farm's inhabitants in their struggle to build a new community. Set against the backdrop of slavery, colonialism, the Anglo-Boer War and the rise of apartheid, this is a fascinating and insightful retelling of history. It is an inspiring story about friendship and family, landownership and learning, and about how people transform themselves from victims to victors. A new prologue and epilogue give more historical context to the narrative and tell the story of the land claim involving the farm, which happened after the book's original publication.