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"Dawn Promislow has the
gift of entering into the consciousness of her characters to
reveal extraordinary moments of clarity that illuminate not just
themselves but the world in which they are living—that of
Apartheid South Africa. These are voices that will continue to
haunt us with their beauty of spirit for a long, long time.
Wonderful reading from an astonishingly fresh and original
writer."
—Olive Senior, author of Arrival of the
Snake-Woman
". . . masterful writing . The austere precision of each
hurtful, passionate epiphany will make you think of Ernest
Hemingway, as if he had been born South African. But no
comparison is necessary. Promislow’s talent compels us to
welcome an exceptional author, one who writes of Africa and
Africans with unflinching, but loving, insight."
—George Elliott Clarke
“At their best, the stories have a compression of description and a simplicity of narrative arc that can indeed be jewel-like in lucidity...The deadlocked society of apartheid is strikingly rendered.”
—Jim Bartley, Globe and Mail
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