Ways of Dying |
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Author:
| Mda, Zakes |
Series title: | Southern African Writing Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-571106-6 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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Written in the style of "magic realism," this tragic-comic contemporary novel is set against the backdrops of shabby but vibrant city slums and a rural South African community. The story's hero, Toloki, is an eccentric yet dignified professional mourner whose different worlds are reconciled, amid an atmosphere charged with bizarre realism, when he finds love and makes peace with his past.
Written in the style of "magic realism," this tragic-comic contemporary novel is set against the backdrops of shabby but vibrant city slums and a rural South African community. The story's hero, Toloki, is an eccentric yet dignified professional mourner whose different worlds are reconciled, amid an atmosphere charged with bizarre realism, when he finds love and makes peace with his past.