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1000 Coils of Fear (Hardcover)
Olivia Wenzel; Translated by Priscilla Layne
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R517
R424
Discovery Miles 4 240
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'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still
screwed.' A young woman attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming
down, and is the only Black person in the audience. She is sitting
with her boyfriend by a bathing lake, and four neo-Nazis show up.
She is having sex with a stranger in New York, and Donald Trump
wins the US presidential election. Engaging in a witty question and
answer with herself, she takes stock of our rapidly changing times,
sometimes angry, sometimes amused, sometimes afraid, and always
passionate. And she tells the story of her family: Her mother, a
punk in former East Germany who never had the freedom she dreamed
of. Her Angolan father, who returned to his home country before she
was born to start a second family. Her grandmother, whose life of
obedience to party principles brought her prosperity and security
but not happiness. And her twin brother, who took his own life at
the age of nineteen. Heart-rending, opinionated, and wry, Olivia
Wenzel's remarkable debut novel is a clear-sighted investigation
into origins and belonging, the roles society wants to force us
into and why we need to resist them, and the freedoms and fears
that being the odd one out brings. 'So exuberant, inventive,
brainy, sensitive and hilarious that it's like a pyrotechnic flare
illuminating the whole woman, past and present, radiant, unique, a
voice and a novel to take with us into the future.' FRANCISCO
GOLDMAN, author of Monkey Boy 'Bold and exceptional . . . Her
impressive writing, born of a brilliant mind, surprises -
stylistically, and by its frankness and associations . . . I rode
in the passenger seat, beside the beauty and strangeness of 1000
Coils of Fear.' LYNNE TILLMAN, author of Men and Apparitions and
Mothercare 'An audacious and disturbing novel.' MICHELLE DE
KRETSER, author of Scary Monsters 'An exciting, confident debut.'
Publishers Weekly 'Impressive, relentless, tender.' Faz
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1000 Coils of Fear (Paperback)
Olivia Wenzel; Translated by Priscilla Layne
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R280
R224
Discovery Miles 2 240
Save R56 (20%)
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'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still
screwed.' From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a
captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics,
feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love. A young woman
attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down and is the only
Black person in the audience. She is sitting with her boyfriend by
a bathing lake and four neo-Nazis show up. In New York, she
witnesses Trump's election victory in a strange hotel room and
later awakes to panicked messages from friends. Engaging in a witty
question and answer with herself, the narrator looks at our rapidly
changing times and tells the story of her family: her mother, who
was a punk in East Germany and never had the freedom she dreamed of
and her absent Angolan father. But in the background of everything
is the memory of her twin brother, who died when they were
nineteen. Emotional and funny, Olivia Wenzel writes about
loneliness and finding joy in life within the roles that society
assigns you. 1000 Coils of Fear is a highly original novel both
powerfully poetic and full of surprises. 'So exuberant, inventive,
brainy, sensitive and hilarious that it's like a pyrotechnic flare
illuminating the whole woman, past and present, radiant, unique, a
voice and a novel to take with us into the future.' FRANCISCO
GOLDMAN, author of Monkey Boy 'Bold and exceptional . . . Her
impressive writing, born of a brilliant mind, surprises -
stylistically, and by its frankness and associations . . . I rode
in the passenger seat, beside the beauty and strangeness of 1000
Coils of Fear.' LYNNE TILLMAN, author of Men and Apparitions and
Mothercare 'An audacious and disturbing novel.' MICHELLE DE
KRETSER, author of Scary Monsters 'An exciting, confident debut.'
Publishers Weekly 'Impressive, relentless, tender.' Faz
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1000 Coils of Fear (Paperback)
Olivia Wenzel; Translated by Priscilla Layne
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R450
R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
Save R83 (18%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still
screwed.' From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a
captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics,
feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love. A young woman
attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down and is the only
Black person in the audience. She is sitting with her boyfriend by
a bathing lake and four neo-Nazis show up. In New York, she
witnesses Trump's election victory in a strange hotel room and
later awakes to panicked messages from friends. Engaging in a witty
question and answer with herself, the narrator looks at our rapidly
changing times and tells the story of her family: her mother, who
was a punk in East Germany and never had the freedom she dreamed of
and her absent Angolan father. But in the background of everything
is the memory of her twin brother, who died when they were
nineteen. Emotional and funny, Olivia Wenzel writes about
loneliness and finding joy in life within the roles that society
assigns you. 1000 Coils of Fear is a highly original novel both
powerfully poetic and full of surprises. 'So exuberant, inventive,
brainy, sensitive and hilarious that it's like a pyrotechnic flare
illuminating the whole woman, past and present, radiant, unique, a
voice and a novel to take with us into the future.' FRANCISCO
GOLDMAN, author of Monkey Boy 'Bold and exceptional . . . Her
impressive writing, born of a brilliant mind, surprises -
stylistically, and by its frankness and associations . . . I rode
in the passenger seat, beside the beauty and strangeness of 1000
Coils of Fear.' LYNNE TILLMAN, author of Men and Apparitions and
Mothercare 'An audacious and disturbing novel.' MICHELLE DE
KRETSER, author of Scary Monsters 'An exciting, confident debut.'
Publishers Weekly 'Impressive, relentless, tender.' Faz
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