Affluenza

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

269 kr

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Niq Mhlongo returns with a collection of short stories that cover the span of our democracy: Crime, xenophobia, racism and homophobia, the new black elite, land redistribution, the Zuma presidency. The stories have been published to critical acclaim in France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the USA but remain largely unknown in South Africa. A?ffluenza offers us a chance to savour Niq Mhlongo's take on the madness of the last twenty years.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2015-05-15
Mått130 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt195 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagKwela Books
ISBN9780795706967

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Niq Mhlongo was born in 1973 in Soweto. He has a BA from the University of the Witwatersrand, with majors in African literature and political studies. His first novel, Dog eat dog, was published by Kwela in 2004 and was translated into Spanish under the title Perro come Perro in 2006. This Spanish edition was awarded the Mar de Letras prize. Besides writing novels and short stories, Niq has written a screenplay for the animated children's TV series Magic cellar and scripts for a comic magazine called Mshana, the first issue of which appeared in February 2007. After tears is his second novel.