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Scatterlings - A Novel
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Scatterlings - A Novel
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A BEST NEW BOOK from *Vanity Fair *The Root *Vulture *People *The
Washington Post *Christian Science Monitor *Los Angeles Times
*Essence A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Pick! A New
Yorker Best Book of the Year! A lyrical, moving novel in the spirit
of Transcendent Kingdom and A Burning—and the most awarded debut
title in South Africa—that tells the story of a multiracial
family when the Immorality Act is passed, revealing the story of
one family’s scattered souls in the wake of history. In 1927,
South Africa passes the Immorality Act, prohibiting sexual
intercourse between “Europeans” (white people) and
“natives” (Black people). Those who break the draconian new law
face imprisonment—for men of up to five years; for women, four
years. Abram and his wife Alisa have their share of marital
problems, but they also have a comfortable life in South Africa
with their two young girls. But then the Act is passed. Alisa is
black, and their two children are now evidence of their involvement
in a union that has been criminalized by the state. At first, Alisa
and Abram question how they’ll be affected by the Act, but then
officials start asking questions at the girls’ school, and their
estate is catalogued for potential disbursement. Abram is at a loss
as to how to protect his young family from the grinding machinery
of the law, whose worst discriminations have until now been kept at
bay by the family’s economic privilege. And with this, his
hesitation, the couple’s bond is tattered. Alisa, who is Jamaican
and the descendant of slaves, was adopted by a wealthy white
British couple, who raised her as their child. But as she grew
older and realized that the prejudices of British society made no
allowance for her, she journeyed to South Africa where she met
Abram. In the aftermath of the Immorality Act, she comes to a
heartbreaking conclusion based on her past and collective history
– and she commits her own devastating act, one that will
reverberate through their entire family’s lives. Intertwining her
storytelling with ritual, myth, and the heart-wrenching question of
who stays and who leaves, Scatterlings marks the debut of a gifted
storyteller who has become a sensation in her native South
Africa—and promises to take the Western literary world by storm
as well.
General
Imprint: |
Harpervia
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Resoketswe Martha Manenzhe
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Dimensions: |
203 x 135mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-326412-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-06-326412-9 |
Barcode: |
9780063264120 |
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