You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town

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Evocative narrative of Coloured life in apartheid.

"You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town" is a poignant exploration of identity and belonging in a society that enforces racial divisions. Zoë Wicomb's writing is not only literary artistry but also a historical witness that resonates with emotional depth. By delving into the challenges faced by mixed heritage individuals during apartheid, this book offers a perspective that is as educational as it is affecting. If you're drawn to stories that combine the richness of personal experience with the complexities of social justice, this read will likely stay with you long after the last page.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town

Regular price RM33.08 MYR
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ISBN: 9780860688204
Authors: Zoë Wicomb
Publisher: Virago
Date of Publication: 1987-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.57
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Zoë Wicomb's complex and deeply evocative fiction is among the most distinguished recent works of South African women's literature. It is also among the only works of fiction to explore the experience of "Coloured" citizens in apartheid-era South Africa. Wicomb deserves a wide American audience, on a part with Nadine Gordimer and J.M.Coetzee. Zoe Wicomb was born in 1948 and raised in Namaquland, South Africa. After 20 years of voluntary exile, she returned to South Africa in 1991 to teach at the University of the Western Cape. She currently lives in Glasgow and teaches at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Marcia Wright is a professor of history at Columbia University and a member of the executive committee for the Women Writing Africa series. Carol Sicherman is a professor emerita of English at Lehman College, CUNY. For course use in African literature, African studies, growing up female, world literature, and women's studies.
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Evocative narrative of Coloured life in apartheid.

"You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town" is a poignant exploration of identity and belonging in a society that enforces racial divisions. Zoë Wicomb's writing is not only literary artistry but also a historical witness that resonates with emotional depth. By delving into the challenges faced by mixed heritage individuals during apartheid, this book offers a perspective that is as educational as it is affecting. If you're drawn to stories that combine the richness of personal experience with the complexities of social justice, this read will likely stay with you long after the last page.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.