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/ 27 October 2008
Magenta is a biting and hilarious South African social satire, writes Jane Rosenthal.
Reviewing three novels by white male authors prompts Jane Rosenthal to re-examine the male protagonist in post-apartheid literature.
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/ 11 September 2008
Jane Rosenthal reviews <i>The Fall of the black-eyed night</i>, the debut novel of Sean Badal.
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/ 9 September 2008
Wicomb’s latest short-story collection is an indispensable addition to the bookshelves of serious lovers of South African fiction.
The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviews new fiction by Damon Galgut, Michael Stanley and Tim Winton.
A review of <i>Stealing Water </i>by Tim Ecott, ‘the greatest memoir to come out of white Africa since Rian Malan’s <i>My traitor’s Heart</i>…’
Jane Rosenthal argues the virtues of <i>Room 207</i> by Kgebetli Moele (Kwela Books).
Jane Rosenthal reviews <i>Beethoven was One-Sixteenth Black</i> by Nadine Gordimer.
Unexpected good fortune might yet result from the Eskom shenanigans, debacle or tragedy (you choose). One might even think publishers knew what was coming as more than 50 novels, in English, by local authors were published last year. Jane Rosenthal takes a closer look.
Jane Rosenthal reviews <i>Cham</i> by Jonathan Trigell, a novel written in three strands.