Synopsis This first novel by a South African writer focuses on a paid mourner in a village there, a man who grieves for money at the funerals of strangers, but the stories of many other villagers combine with it to present a stirring picture of a village in transition.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-08-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 212 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Publisher's Note A professional mourner, Toloki is reunited with Noria, a woman from his village, at the funeral of a young boy, and joins forces with her to heal the pain of the past and build new lives for themselves in post-apartheid South Africa. Original.
Industry Reviews "Flawed or not, a terrific introduction to a world-class literary talent." Kirkus Reviews (07/01/2002)
"Somewhere in this book a U-turn has taken place. What seemed to be a narrative tending toward radical statement, toward a critique of the violent tendencies entrenched in the culture and of the opportunities they opened up for a white state eager to exploit them for its own dying purposes, evaporates. Mda turns away from that suggestion...." New York Review of Books - Norman Rush (01/16/2003)
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