At Risk: Writing on and over the Edge of Souh Africa - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1868422712 ISBN 13 : 9781868422715

Editeur : Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, 2007

Synopsis

Living with risk is now part of everyday South African life. Violent crime and AIDS pose threats in huge numbers. Shifts in race and class jolt one's sense of identity. Ethically, we are challenged daily by ram-pant need in the face of plenty. In fact, our society as a whole feels as if it is a giant experiment that could very well go wrong. But it could also succeed. In each of these twelve narratives, some-thing, or someone, is at risk. Written in registers of the unexpected -- surprise, shock, bewilderment, as well as uncertainty, scepticism and doubt -- the pieces form a second wave of South African non-fiction writing. They cut loose from the grand accounts of apartheid and the themes of confession and redemption born out of our fledgling democracy. These personal, intimate accounts blow the lid off South African society as we know it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Liz McGregor is a veteran author and journalist who started off her career on leading South African newspapers including the Sunday Times and the Rand Daily Mail. Her other books are Touch, Pause, Engage! Exploring the Heart of South African Rugby, Khabzela: The Life and Times of a South African and she is the co-editor of At Risk: Writing On and Over the Edge of South Africa and Load Shedding. Sarah Nuttall is a senior researcher at WISER.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1868422712
• ISBN 13: 9781868422715
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Éditeur: McGregor Liz, Nuttall Sarah
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible