Juan knows little about his widowed father Ranz, a man with a troubled past; if he has been told no lies, that is because he has asked no questions. All he does know is that before marrying Juan's mother Ranz was married to her elder sister and she had committed suicide. The unspoken dialogue betwee ...
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A respected Trinidadian novelist, in his first novel since 1982, tells the story of two men, each of whom in his own way tries to improve the lot of his countrymen. Alford is a schoolteacher who has unwittingly undermined the stability of Trinidad by encouraging children to emigrate. Bango is a simp ...
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When an expatriate Afrikaner returns to South Africa to listen to the rambling family stories of her dying grandmother, she finds herself confronting not only this personal loss but also the new realities of a nation on the brink of monumental social and political upheaval.