The Cafe de Move-on Blues - In Search of the New South Africa (Paperback, Main)

Longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize,2019 In White Boy Running, Christopher Hope explored how it felt and looked to grow up in a country gripped by an 'absurd, racist insanity'. On a road trip thirty years later, Hope goes in search of today's South Africa; post the evils of apartheid, but also post the dashed hopes and dreams of Mandela, of a future when race and colour would not count. He finds a country still in the grip of a ruling party intent only on caring for itself, to the exclusion of all others; a country where racial divides are deeper than ever. As the old imperial idols of Cecil Rhodes and Paul Kruger are literally pulled from their pedestals in a mass yearning to destroy the past, Hope ponders the question: what next? Framed as a travelogue, this is a darkly comic, powerful and moving portrait of South Africa - an elegy to a living nation, which is still mad and absurd.

General

Imprint:	Atlantic Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2019
Authors:	Christopher Hope (Author)
Dimensions:	200 x 130 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-78649-061-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General Promotions
LSN:	1-78649-061-7
Barcode:	9781786490612

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