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Playing in the Light: A Novel

Autor Zoe Wicomb

Editorial THE NEW PRESS

Playing in the Light: A Novel
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By the Windham Campbell Prize winner Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoe Wicomb's celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the...

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  • Editorial THE NEW PRESS
  • ISBN13 9781595582218
  • ISBN10 1595582215
  • Tipo LIBRO
  • Páginas 224
  • Año de Edición 2008
  • Idioma Inglés
  • Encuadernación Paperback

Playing in the Light: A Novel

Autor Zoe Wicomb

Editorial THE NEW PRESS

By the Windham Campbell Prize winner Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoe Wicomb's celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the...

-5% dto.    17,95€
17,05€
Ahorra 0,90€
Disponible online, recíbelo en 24/48h laborables
Envío gratis a partir de 19€
España peninsular

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By the Windham Campbell Prize winner Set in a beautifully rendered 1990s Cape Town, Zoe Wicomb's celebrated novel revolves around Marion Campbell, who runs a travel agency but hates traveling, and who, in post-apartheid society, must negotiate the complexities of a knotty relationship with Brenda, her first black employee. As Alison McCulloch noted in the "New York Times," "Wicomb deftly explores the ghastly soup of racism in all its unglory--denial, tradition, habit, stupidity, fear--and manages to do so without moralizing or becoming formulaic." Caught in the narrow world of private interests and self-advancement, Marion eschews national politics until the Truth and Reconciliation Commission throws up information that brings into question not only her family's past but her identity and her rightful place in contemporary South African society. "Stylistically nuanced and psychologically astute" ("Kirkus"), "Playing in the Light" is as powerful in its depiction of Marion's personal journey as it is in its depiction of South Africa's bizarre, brutal history.