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- This Place I Call Home
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: Modjaji Books
summary
Ten stories. Ten voices. Ten diverse perspectives of what home has meant to South Africans that country�s challenging history. In this thought provoking collection we are drawn into the lives of others. From an old widower who seems content on the outside but feels that his world is unravelling in the new South Africa, to an immigrant who has fled racial persecution in 1930s Europe and now finds himself on a barren sheep farm in the Karoo, to a Polokwane teacher confronted with the moral dilemma of xenophobic sentiments in her township, This Place I Call Home, leaves the reader deeply aware of local realities. Even though these powerful stories are often characterised by hardship and personal loss, one cannot help but emerge inspired by the tenacity of the human spirit and the resilience of South Africa�s people.
Table of Contents
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- A hijack story
- pp. 9-12
- The leopard hunter
- pp. 13-27
- Hottentot Venus girl
- pp. 28-33
- The holiday
- pp. 34-57
- A Sea Point widower speaks
- pp. 71-79
- The red earth
- pp. 80-91
- The dictionary
- pp. 92-108
- The mango tree
- pp. 109-124
- But this place is my home
- pp. 125-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9781920397807
Related ISBN(s)
9781920397029
MARC Record
OCLC
712991336
Pages
148
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No