Author: MPHUTHUMI NTABENI
Title: The Broken River Tent
Description: Blackbird Books, 2018. Paperback. Pp: 309. The Broken River Tent is a novel that marries imagination with history. It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple 'N' condition-neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. This makes him feel far removed from events happening around him but gives him access to the analeptic memory of his people. After being under immense mental pressure, he crosses the mental divide between the living and the dead and is visited by Maqoma. They engage in different conversations about cultural history, literature, religion, the past and contemporary South African life. ISBN: 9781928337454. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: The Broken River Tent
Description: Blackbird Books, 2018. Paperback. Pp: 309. The Broken River Tent is a novel that marries imagination with history. It is about the life and times of Maqoma, the Xhosa chief who was at the forefront of fighting British colonialism in the Eastern Cape during the nineteenth century. The story is told through the eyes of a young South African, Phila, who suffers from what he calls triple 'N' condition-neurasthenia, narcolepsy and cultural ne plus ultra. This makes him feel far removed from events happening around him but gives him access to the analeptic memory of his people. After being under immense mental pressure, he crosses the mental divide between the living and the dead and is visited by Maqoma. They engage in different conversations about cultural history, literature, religion, the past and contemporary South African life. ISBN: 9781928337454. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9781928337454
Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2563492
- Book number: 2563492
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