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The Shaping of Water (Paperback)
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The Shaping of Water (Paperback)
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Loot Price R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
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The Shaping of Water is a character-driven story, following the
different but overlapping lives of those who are connected to a
ramshackle cottage by a man-made lake in Central Africa during the
Liberation wars across its region. The characters are connected in
ways they can't imagine by past secrets and future tragedies. Will
these connections remain hidden or be uncovered by the characters'
decisions and actions? From Patrick the Jesuit, to Andy the Selous
Scout; from Marielise, lover of revolutionaries Jo and Luke, to
Margaret the banker's wife; from Natombi and Milimo whose home is
drowned by the lake, to Manda, a young woman trying to make her
marriage work; the characters are shaped by the rising lake and
increasing violence in Africa. The dramatic plot is about damage
and survival, passion and uncertainty, adaptation and love, set
against a background of escalating war. It tells the story of a
world turned upside-down by cynical politicians and reinvented by
the courage of ordinary people. Enriched by a detailed knowledge of
the history, geography and environment of the region and the
variety of its fully realised characters, this book has wide
appeal. The novel is imbued with the light, colour and flavour of
the landscape, of the lake and of the cottage. The reader will
discover new worlds through this riveting novel and remember them
long afterwards. The author has spent most of her life in Africa
and lived through the events described in this book. Unique in its
context, breadth and depth of insight into a particular period of
time, in a little-explored place, this book is economic in style,
evocative and well written. The Shaping of Water is a good read
with characters and a plot that will affect your heart, challenge
your ideas, and remain in your memory. It will appeal to
intelligent and thoughtful lovers of good fiction, travellers and
explorers - both actual and armchair.
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