The Black Angel by John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton) Connolly takes his Charlie Parker series from the serial-killer realm towards supernatural horror. Killer Louis is searching for his junkie-whore cousin and her abductors; Parker comes to realise that this disappearance is part of an older mystery — one linked to a church of bones in […]
How liberated is the 21st century woman as the abundance of freedom has left her more exhausted now with unlimited responsibilities asks MaQueen Motuba.
<i>Stitched-up</i>
by <b>Stephanie Vermeulen</b>
(Jacana)
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/ 25 February 2005
Kate, in her mid-50s and married several times begins to feel a change, begins to care less about the material world and, in an attempt to prove this to herself, burns "several hundred-dollar bills just to demonstrate to herself that these items were not the God/Goddess of her life"
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<i>The Closest of Strangers</i> takes one on a historic journey of South Africa with women as the key navigators, writes MaQueen Motuba.
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/ 22 October 2004
The list of Great South Africans should have, and could have, shed some light on the most pertinent questions of our time. But such a ranking needs to include all of South Africa. To ensure the participation of the majority of South Africans, involve all forms of the media in the process. Highlight the connotations of greatness so that the electorate can make informed votes.
Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Booker longlist, <em>Purple Hibiscus</em> is a thought-provoking novel that looks at what religion means to people in a changing society, and familial power-relations. MaQueen Motuba reviews.