The Children's Day - Couverture souple

Heyns, Professor And Chair Of The Department Of English Michiel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0980243661 ISBN 13 : 9780980243666

Editeur : Tin House Books, 2009

Synopsis

The tender chronicle of a boy's coming of age in South Africa during the apartheid years of the sixties, The Children's Day captures the essence of growing up in a world fraught with the strange and sometimes violent contradictions of class, race, gender, and language. The widening world of adolescence, in all its allure and confusion, is explored through the eyes of Simon, who struggles to make sense of the adults around him--torn between scorn for his surroundings and a desire to belong. This debut novel is peopled with poignant, vulnerable, and sometimes eccentric characters, and it is through their lives that Simon comes to understand the complexities of love.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michiel Heyns is an award-winning literary translator and author of nine novels: The Children's Day, The Reluctant Passenger, The Typewriter's Tale, Bodies Politic, Invisible Furies, Lost Ground, A Sportful Malice, I am Pandarus, and A Poor Season for Whales. He was previously professor of English at the University of Stellenbosch.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tin House Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0980243661
• ISBN 13: 9780980243666
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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