The Cry of Winnie Mandela: A NovelA group of African women at a specific period in Southern Africa's history find their family life under pressure from capitalist modernity and apartheid. This is a deeply humane, sympathetic and generous book on the one hand but is unflinching in its honesty. Ndebele represents a rare breed of writer able to combine political awareness with a sensitivity towards context, language and characterization. The result is a gift offering to the present. This is one of the best books about women's sacrifices and contributions to the struggle against apartheid. |
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Page 16
... remembers only being on the move , searching for her husband . It was as if she had been in a cloud , being carried ... remembering the painful burdens of knocking on strange doors to ask for a roof to sleep under , or for food to eat ...
... remembers only being on the move , searching for her husband . It was as if she had been in a cloud , being carried ... remembering the painful burdens of knocking on strange doors to ask for a roof to sleep under , or for food to eat ...
Page 82
... remember the experience of space , and the sense of distance and time through travel in the old days of apartheid ? Do you still remember what it was like ? In travelling from point A to point B , I remember not the pleasure of movement ...
... remember the experience of space , and the sense of distance and time through travel in the old days of apartheid ? Do you still remember what it was like ? In travelling from point A to point B , I remember not the pleasure of movement ...
Page 134
... remember vividly the definitive end of the only thing that could have reconnected us . I always dreamed of us on the night of your return , when you and I , intimately alone for the first time in decades , felt each other's presence ...
... remember vividly the definitive end of the only thing that could have reconnected us . I always dreamed of us on the night of your return , when you and I , intimately alone for the first time in decades , felt each other's presence ...
Contents
Part | 1 |
The Second Descendant | 17 |
The Fourth Descendant | 36 |
Copyright | |
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