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Jane Rosenthal
Kingsolver evokes US turmoil
Her latest novel weaves the past with the present and people’s responses to the present and future
To reckon with Winnie’s ghost
This is not comfortable reading, says Sisonke Msimang
‘Homeland’ is a thriller, but one with depth
Karin Brynard’s novel questions what outsiders have brought to the Khomani Bushmen, including those who profess to support them.
Dangarembga builds on her two earlier books
Here the protagonist is in her 30s, and she again narrates her story herself with an interesting distancing to reflect the divisions in her being.
An expat’s return explores intimacy
The novel deals with intimacy and trust, and finding one’s place in the world.
Life and death of a little river
A daughter of the 1820 Settlers looks at events that ruthlessly shaped the lives of those linked to the Kowie River
Mending severed histories with returning shades
This novel weaves colonial fact and ancestral memory in contemporary Eastern Cape life
Self-reflections of an activist
Mark Heywood’s book avoids plain history. Instead it encourages its readers to reflect.
New life recalls ‘mad’ SA hero
Rejected by the Empire, beloved in South Africa, Hobhouse stood for justice, feminism and pacifism
Convincing characters live on in debut novel by well-known playwright
Ameera Patel has produced a book that reads like a fast-paced thriller but it has real depth.
‘From Man to Man’: Olive Schreiner’s tender feminist ode
The writer’s humane spirit shines through in a reissue of her novel that was closest to her heart: ‘From Man to Man’.
14 stops to transformation
This collection of stories centres on the ‘slow road to purgatory’, from broken relationships to Huletts sugar-sachet wisdom.
A novel look at diaspora and identity
Academic JU Jacobs explores South African stories that reveal who we are and our journeys here and elsewhere, both physically and psychologically.
Compassion in the tragic quest for a colony
The Compassionate Englishwoman book is a post-retirement project by author Robert Eales about the Boer war.
Tales that give insights into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The complicated Arab-Israeli situation is hard to write about but makes for fascinating if often harrowing reading.