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Books > Local Author Showcase > Fiction - adults > Drama
Zinzi has a talent for finding lost things. To save herself, she has to find the hardest thing of all... the truth. Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a client turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, she's forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons. Being hired by famously reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass, marked by their animals, live in the shadow of the undertow. Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the underbelly of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own. Set in a wildly re-imagined Johannesburg, it swirls refugees, crime, the music industry, African magic and the nature of sin together into a heady brew.
When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins. Davíd is the small boy who is always asking questions. Simón and Inés take care of him in their new town Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bolívar to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, Davíd is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of. In this mesmerising allegorical tale, Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, of what it means to be a parent, the constant battle between intellect and emotion, and how we choose to live our lives.
Twee plaasdramas oor grense, tradisies, grond en bloed.
Melk & Vleis Dis 1996. Suid-Afrika het verander, maar sekere huishoudings nog nie. ’n Suksesvolle aktuaris los haar werk in die stad nadat sy verlief raak op ’n sjarmante jong boer. Sy probeer haar bes om in te pas by die kleindorpse gemeenskap, haarself in haar huwelik te laat geld, en die familieplaas van ondergang te red. Nadat ’n erfgenaam gebore word, begin dinge egter op die plaas uitrafel ...
Bloed & Bodem Jana besoek haar pa en oom op die familieplaas. Die plaas gaan agteruit en haar pa sit meer op die kroegstoel as die kerkbank. Een nag los hy in sy dronkenskap die hek oop en dit word ‘n aand wat niemand sal vergeet nie... ’n Verhaal oor plaasaanvalle en die desperate nalatenskap van Afrikanermans wat nooit kon heel nadat hulle aan die “verkeerde” kant van die apartheidstryd geveg het nie.
Across countries and decades, The Wanderers weaves a captivating tapestry of human lives, exploring the enduring—and sometimes contradictory—duties of blood and country. Ruru’s father, a South African freedom fighter, was exiled to Tanzania before she was born, leaving Ruru and her mother to fend for themselves in the township they called home. So when a fatal bus accident claims her mother’s life, Ruru is adrift. Haunted by her mother’s absence, another loss sits heavy on Ruru’s heart: that of her father, who never returned to the family, or country, he claimed to love. When she learns of his passing, Ruru grieves for the man she never knew, and the answers she would never find. She seeks solace in Tanzania, where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with her father’s widow, a Rwandan refugee named Efuoa. Efuoa gifts Ruru her father’s journals, and as she reads, she begins to piece together the fragments of a complicated life of deep love, shifting identity, small triumphs and haunting disappointments.
Born on the cusp of democracy, the crew of young friends in Born Freeloaders navigates a life of drinking, wild parties and other recklessness. The siblings at the centre of the novel, Nthabiseng and Xolani, have been raised in an upper middle-class family with connections to the political elite. Nthabiseng is lauded by her peers as she whimsically goes through life, unable to form her own identity in a world that expects her to pick a side in the fractured classifications of race. Xolani, not having known his late father, longs for acceptance from an uncle who sees him and his generation as the bitter fruit borne of a freedom he and countless others fought for. As the story moves across multiple spaces in the nation’s capital over a weekend, Born Freeloaders captures a political and cultural moment in the city’s and South Africa’s history. Interwoven is an analogous tale of the country’s colonisation and the consequences that follow. And alongside the friends’ uneasy awareness of their privilege is a heightened sense of discomfort at their inability to change the world they were born into.
1994. The world is about to change. The first truly democratic election in South Africa’s history is about to unite Nelson Mandela’s rainbow nation at the ballot box. And, across the world, those in exile, those who could not return home, those who would not return home, wait. Watch and wait . . . London. Martin O’Malley isn’t one of those watching and waiting. He is too busy trying to figure out if Germaine Spencer really is the girl for him and why his best friend is intent on ruining every relationship he gets involved in. And then . . . And then Germaine is pregnant and suddenly the world really has changed for Martin O’Malley. South Africa. A land of opportunity. A place where a young black man with an MSc from the London School of Economics could have it all, would have it all. But what does Martin O’Malley, London born and bred with an Irish surname, really know about his mother’s country? His motherland. A land he has never seen.
In the small rural town of Qonda, South Africa, the power and water supplies are unreliable, property prices are down, and citizens are slowly suffocating in the acrid smoke from the municipal dump. Recently retired English teacher Megan Merton has lived here all her life, most of it at No. 8 Serpent Crescent. So who better than this self-styled pillar of society to shine a spotlight on the decline and dysfunction, not to mention the dubious activities, past and present, of many of her neighbours. Nefarious deeds and bad behaviour deserve harsh treatment and appropriate retribution, if not consignment to one of Dante’s fiendish nine circles of hell. At least that’s what Megan believes – in fact she’s been taking matters into her own hands, unnoticed, for years. And now she has decided to write it all down, to shake all of the skeletons loose, and rejoice in the inventive punishments she devised and personally delivered to the wicked. Then her neighbour Elizabeth Cardew, a lecturer in Classical Studies, suffers a stroke and Megan is entrusted with the keys to No. 9. While Elizabeth begins a long recovery at the local care facility, Whispering Pines, Megan relishes the chance to snoop. Curious as to ‘what a stroke victim looks like’, she decides to visit and see for herself. A bond develops between the two women – one a cold and calculating sociopath, the other a courageous and lonely academic – something that takes both of them by surprise. Vivian de Klerk’s sharp observations and brilliantly acerbic satirical wit make this multi-layered novel at once horrifying, shocking and poignant – and very, very funny.
Die onweerstaanbare Audrey Blignault het destyds die wêreld van die Afrikaanse vrou óópgeskryf en was haar tyd vooruit. Dié unieke keur bring haar beste werk byeen, van kort sketse uit die vroeë bundels tot langer essays en verhale uit latere publikasies. Hierdie baldadige, skalkse, “onwennige ouma” skryf dalk oor vervloë dae, maar op so ’n unieke, toeganklike manier dat dit vir vandág se leser kraakvars is, en jou ten diepste raak. 'Met my rooi rok voor jou deur: ‘n Keur uit die werk van Audrey Blignault' sal voorgelees word op RSG vanaf einde Mei 2021! Die briljante Rika Sennett sal die voorleser wees.
Lady Die het huisvesting gevind in die ruïne van ’n kerk, in ‘n
stadsbuurt genaamd Simoelégri. Baie vlugtelinge het hier opgeëindig, ná
eers die virus en toe nog rampe tot sosiale onrus gelei het. In ander
dele van die land is daar nog ’n mate van orde, maar nie in Simoelégri
nie. In Simoelégri is jou beste vriend die straat se dwelmhandelaar, en
jou enigste bron van hitte 'n konkavuur. Oral loop die gerugte van
groter onrus en geweld.
In this lyrical, fragmented novella, Lethokuhle Msimang uses autobiographical and poetic interventions to lead the reader through landscapes of loss and longing, travelling between France, China, Spain and South Africa, to explore the troubled terrain of leaving and finding home. At once exhilarating, heart-breaking and haunting, The Frightened speaks to the complexity of relationships, the pain of love, the effects of trauma, the necessity and constant work of healing, and the unfulfillable wish to feel a true sense of belonging. It is the story of finding one’s voice amidst inherited violence, and the importance of art and creativity in that process.
Kaapstadse sielkundige Chris se rustige lewe word bedreig. ’n Trigger-happy vrou uit sy verlede probeer hom afpers, sy pasiënte se koppe haak een vir een uit, en sy dirty little secret begin hom kriewelrig maak. Boonop irriteer sy gay eksvrou hom met haar verhoudingsprobleme, amper net soveel soos sy skoolvriend se skynbaar sorgelose lewe. Op Bella, sy jong Portugese vrou met haar voorliefde vir lawwe YouTube-videos, kan hy darem werklik staatmaak – of hoe? Hierdie genuanseerde, ironiese blik op seks, intieme verhoudings en eksistensiële krisisse word uit die oogpunt van verskeie karakters vertel, en elkeen het ’n kinkel-einde. Besluit self wie s’n is gelukkig en wie s’n nie . . .
Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories received the HSS Award for Best Fiction Single Authored 2018 and was short-listed for the UJ Debut Prize in 2017. Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and Other Stories documents the unique dialect and lives of the Gansbaai fishing community. Phillips’ stories reflect the natural disorder of daily life and explores how the impact of love and loss defines – and divides – families and communities. An award-winning collection of short stories and sketches set in the Overberg district. In the author’s own words: “This book is a collection of my soul, who I am as a human being, and how I connect to the people I come from.” “An impressive debut that brings across voices never heard before in South African English - not only in rhythm and timbre, but plumbing the unspoken. With such a remarkable ear, Jolyn Phillips is a young writer to watch.” – Antjie Krog
True Love e ratwa kudu! Ziggy D o tumile ka nakwana – go kwagala morethetho fela diyalemoyeng gomme e galagala le diphatlalatšing tša segwera. Efela katlego ye kgolo e tla le sekgopi, kgononelo le lonya. Le ge a lebane le kotsi, Ziggy D o gapeletšega go šireletša bokgabo bja gagwe le seriti sa gagwe le go lemoga gore tshepagalo e a šomelwa.
Wandering in Cape Town, Leke stalks people, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of a cure. But he isn't sure what ails him--loneliness, or the family curse. Abandoned by his birth mother, losing his adoptive mother to cancer, and failing to connect with his distant adoptive father, Leke--a troubled young man living in Cape Town--has developed some odd and possibly destructive habits: he stalks strangers, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of friendship. Through a series of letters written to him from prison by his Nigerian father, a man he has never met, Leke learns about the family curse--a curse which his father had unsuccessfully tried to remove. Leke's search to break the curse leads him to strange places. Yewande Omotoso is an architect with a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. This is her debut novel and was first published in in 2011 and was shortlisted for the 2012 Sunday Times Fiction Prize.
Growing up in Mthatha, light-skinned Karabo is called ‘yellowbone’. She often hears her parents argue, not realising her complexion, and questions surrounding her paternity, is the cause. People expect ‘exotic’ Karabo to coast through life on her looks. But she has high aspirations and goes to London to study architecture. When Karabo is invited to a private recital, a priceless antique violin binds her fate to that of virtuoso André Potgieter who came to London to hide his secret – though no saint, he sees angels when he plays a beautiful piece of music. Whether it is synaesthesia or something otherworldly, he cannot say. All he knows is that he would do anything to keep seeing the engele, but these days they rarely come to him. Events on the night of the recital cause Karabo to run away to Ghana to the refuge of her father, but her plans go horribly wrong. And André soon follows for his own selfish reasons. Enthralling and powerfully written, Yellowbone is a tour de force.
As lykbesorger by White Lily Funerals het Seb al talle lyke gebalsem, organe teruggepak in lyfholtes, bene gekonnekteer en wasbleek gesigte gegrimeer vir die laaste besigtiging deur roubeklaers. ’n Mens het jou werk en jy doen dit, dit help nie om vir ander goed te wens nie, of hoe? Nietemin wens Seb wel af en toe vir die een of ander ingryping om hom los te ruk uit sy saai bestaan – nie net by die werk nie, maar ook tuis waar hy, sy vrou en tienerkinders verby mekaar leef. Eendag, toe die sterwende seuntjie Gawie en sy ma by die begrafnisondernemers instap, begin Seb tog in wense glo . . . “’n Fabel vir moderne tye. ’n Heerlike verhaal.” – Kerneels Breytenbach.
'From the moment you start reading Two Months until the unpredictable end, this is a story that grips and won't let go.' – BERYL EICHENBERGER, Fine Music Radio From the bestselling author of The Park and The Accident comes a new domestic thriller that will keep you turning the pages until the very end. When Erica wakes up to discover that she can't remember two months of her life, she wants to know what she’s missed. She soon realises that she’s lost more than two months. She’s lost her job and her friends. And her husband won’t tell her why. As Erica starts to put together the clues and pieces, a picture emerges of what has happened. A picture that is fatally flawed.
When The Village Sleeps is a visionary novel about what the loss of identity and dignity can do to people afflicted by decades of brokenness. Told through the lives and spirits of four generations of amaTolo women, including The Old, who speak wisdom with ever-increasing urgency, it moves between the bustling township setting of Kwanele and the different rhythms of rural village life. It recalls the sweeping sagas of the great A.C. Jordan and the Dhlomo brothers and invokes the poetry of S.E.K. Mqhayi, while boldly exploring urgent and contemporary issues. An ode to the complex strengths of South African women, When The Village Sleeps is also a powerful call to respect the earth that nurtures human life, and to live in self-sufficiency and harmony with the environment and each other.
Die verhaal van 'n slavin wat as die enigste oorlewende van 'n mislukte ekspedisie in die hart van Afrika haar terugtrek in die hol stam van 'n kremetartboom. In toenemende verlatenheid herleef sy haar vroeëre bestaan: hoe sy as kind in haar tuisdorp gevange geneem en weggevoer is, haar lewe in 'n hawestad aan die ooskus as dienares van verskillende meesters, haar reis saam met haar laaste eienaar en beskermheer, haar lewe in die kremetartboom. Hierdie belangrike Afrikaanse roman is reeds in verskeie ander tale gepubliseer, o.m. in Engels deur J.M. Coetzee. Die Italiaanse vertaling word bekroon met die Grinzane Cavour-prys in 1988 en in 1995 word die Franse vertaling verwerk vir die verhoog en opgevoer in die Thèâtre de l'Ante in Parys. "Solank Afrikaans bestaan, sal dié boek waarskynlik die essensie daarvan bly verwarm." – Antjie Krog
Duma is at a cross roads in life. Living in an informal settlement in Soweto with his father and young sister, Duma is expected to make a contribution to the household since he does not work. The easy way has been to steal electricity cables. But when his friend gets caught, Duma decides to try a new way of life. The road to a new beginning does not come easy as he goes back to the canoe club at Power Park and he quickly learns that paddling a canoe is not as easy as he remembered. He finds himself drawn to the water and is inspired by Steve an experienced paddler who is determined and pushes himself but lately the gold has been out of reach. Duma goes out on a limb and asks Steve if they can train together for the Dusi. Will Duma and Steve's partnership in the water work out? This is an inspirational story of two men from different backgrounds, coming together to tell their story.
Incwadi esihloko sithi Umlungu Omnyama inoveli yokuqala yalo mbhali kodwa eseyihlomule ngendondo, ikhuluma ngokukhula njengengane ensundu endaweni ebuswa abamhlophe nezimfundiso zabo. Ilandisa ngamantombazane amabili asemancane aphila ezindaweni zasesilungwini eGoli, efunda ezikoleni ezizimele zakobelungu enabangani abamhlophe. U-Ofilwe ovela ekhaya elinothile futhi okhula ephathiswe okweqanda ubekuthatha kalula konke lokhu akhule enakho kanti manje kufanele abhekane nomshophi wokukhula engenasisekelo samasiko, umhlaba aphila kuwona ubonakala ungenamongo futhi untengantenga. Ngakolunye uhlangothi sibona uFiks, oyintombazane ezithandela izinto futhi ezikhulumelayo, ungumuntu oshabashekela impumelelo. futhi olangazelele ukufulathela imuva lakhe elinesihluku aye empilweni yasedolobheni yobukhazikhazi, kodwa le mpilo entsha uyithola inzinyana futhi ingenasihe nokwehlukile kulokho abekulindele. Okulangazelelwe yilaba besifazane abasebancane ukuthuthuka nokuthandeka, kodwa okubaluleke kunakho konke ukuthola ukwamukeleka. Ukwamukeleka, empeleni, kutholakala ngokuba udele konke okukwenza ube umuntu omnyama – osamlungu kakhulu ukuba angahlala nabamnyama, futhi omnyama kakhulu ukuba angahlala nabamhlophe
With a rich vocabulary that is poetic and uncluttered, this debut novel is nothing short of a masterpiece. It is both a well-written and philosophical book. The story begins with Nokwakha giving birth at her village home, and when it is discovered that the child is an albino the midwife convinces her that it is a curse and she should snuff the life out of it before it takes another breath. The dreadful deed is done by the river, but the all-knowing one’has other plans... With an assured voice and eloquent prose, Magubeni invites us into the life of this extraordinary being, Nwelezelanga, the child who should not have been, contrasting the themes of darkness and light, embracing the unknown and unseen in a way no one else has – or can.
Aan die einde 1986 kom die Grensoorlog vir Wim Gewers en sy makkers tot 'n einde. 'n Laaste operasie in Angola eindig egter rampsoedig en Wim bevind hom terug in die Nuwe Suid-Afrika, in diens van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie, as 'n speurder. Die laaste gebeure in Angola kom spook egter by Wim en sy makkers. Die Amerikaners se honger na olie lei tot moord en kaptein Wim Gewers moet die saak ondersoek. Die Amerikaners soek wraak en dit ontaard spoedig in 'n kat-en-muis speletjie wat in Suid-Afrika, Namibië, Londen en New York afspeel. Die boek is nie net spanningsvol nie, maar vertel ook van Wim se vurige verhouding met die olie slagoffer se beste vriendin, Mienke. Piet van forensies en die aanvallige blondine, Mercia, verskaf genoeg vermaak, sodat jy met al die spanning, moord, misdaad en passie, eenvoudig nie die boek kan neersit nie. |
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