Between Two Worlds
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2004
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55111-605-1 (ISBN)
Broadview Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55111-605-1 (ISBN)
Set in Soweto, this is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. It depicts the life od an account typist in a large busy shop where most of the clientele are poor. The authors fine eye for detail provides an unrivalled sense of everyday life in the South Africa of that time.
Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. Originally published under the title Muriel at Metropolitan, the novel was for some years banned (on the grounds of language derogatory to Afrikaners) even as it received worldwide acclaim. It was later issued in the Longman African Writers Series, but has for some years been out of print and unavailable.
This Broadview edition includes a new introduction by the author describing the circumstances in which she wrote Between Two Worlds.
Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. Originally published under the title Muriel at Metropolitan, the novel was for some years banned (on the grounds of language derogatory to Afrikaners) even as it received worldwide acclaim. It was later issued in the Longman African Writers Series, but has for some years been out of print and unavailable.
This Broadview edition includes a new introduction by the author describing the circumstances in which she wrote Between Two Worlds.
Miriam Tlali’s other works include Amandla (Ravan Press, 1980) and Footprints in the Quag: Stories and Dialogues from Soweto (David Philip, 1989). She lives in Soweto, South Africa.
Introduction
How it all began
A feeling of insecurity
The boss
While the boss is away …
Mixed encounters
Letters
Waiting
The lorry-driver’s trump card
A token of love
A slap in the face
A lucrative proposition
Adam’s advice
Friday
‘Resign!’
Sophiatown
The passport
My mother’s beckoning voice
‘This is home!’
The final kick
The mechanic walks out
‘What’s happening to us?’
One human heart for another
I quit
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.2.2004 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-55111-605-7 / 1551116057 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-55111-605-1 / 9781551116051 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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