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A new translation of one of the classics of Spanish literature.
This story of lovers, Calisto and Melibea, and their go-between,
Celestina, became the first-ever Spanish bestseller after its
publication in Burgos in 1499.
Yuji Itadori is resolved to save the world from cursed demons, but
he soon learns that the best way to do it is to slowly lose his
humanity and become one himself! In a world where cursed spirits
feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared
demon Ryomen Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon
consume Sukuna's body parts, the power they gain could destroy the
world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school
of Jujutsu Sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence
of the living from the supernatural!
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Innards
(Paperback)
Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
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R425
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Discovery Miles 3 790
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The fiery birth of a new star of South African fiction, Innards is an incendiary debut of linked stories that narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.
Set in Soweto, the urban heartland of South Africa, Innards tells the intimate stories of everyday black folks processing the savagery of apartheid. Rich with the thrilling textures of township language and life, it braids the voices and perspectives of an indelible cast of characters into a breathtaking collection flush with forgiveness, rage, ugliness and beauty.
Meet a fake PhD and ex-freedom fighter who remains unbothered by his own duplicity, a girl who goes mute after stumbling upon a burning body, twin siblings nursing a scorching feud, and a woman unravelling under the weight of a brutal encounter with the police. At the heart of this collection – of deceit and ambition, appalling violence and transcendent love – is the story of slavery, colonization and apartheid – and it shows in intimate detail how South Africans must navigate both the shadows of the recent past and the uncertain opportunities of the promised land.
Full to bursting with life, in all its complexities and vagaries, Innards is an uncompromising depiction of black South Africa. Visceral and tender, it heralds the arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction.
In Laataandbiegstories en sulke dinge word die leser meegevoer deur onvergeetlike stories wat om die kampvuur lewe kry.
Soms is dit humoristies, soms deernisvol, soms skerp ironies, maar altyd boeiend. Daar word vertel van die nag van die donkie, van Tante wat sag word, van Pollie van die populiere en van die intrinsieke waarde van Victor, die lelike skaaphondkruising.
In Jan Nel se kortverhale herken die leser homself onomwonde; dis juis hoekom mens lag. Die mens, met al sy swakhede, bly tog maar mens, en om te lag is soveel makliker as om jouself te kasty.
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