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The Architecture of Loss: A Novel
Z. P. Dala
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Description for The Architecture of Loss: A Novel
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Estranged at the age of six from her mother, who sent her away from her hometown of Brighton in rural Zululand, brilliant architect Afroze Bhana has carved out an impressive life for herself in Cape Town. But when she receives word that her aging mother is desperately ill, she finds herself compelled to return to her place of birth to find answers about her painful childhood.
Afroze arrives in Brighton to find that her mother, Sylvie—who was a doctor and a fierce activist during the dark days of the anti-apartheid struggle—is a shadow of her formidable self, ... Read more
Estranged at the age of six from her mother, who sent her away from her hometown of Brighton in rural Zululand, brilliant architect Afroze Bhana has carved out an impressive life for herself in Cape Town. But when she receives word that her aging mother is desperately ill, she finds herself compelled to return to her place of birth to find answers about her painful childhood.
Afroze arrives in Brighton to find that her mother, Sylvie—who was a doctor and a fierce activist during the dark days of the anti-apartheid struggle—is a shadow of her formidable self, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781681774435
SKU
V9781681774435
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About Z. P. Dala
Z.P. Dala is a freelance writer and psychologist. Her debut novel What About Meera won the inaugural Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Prize in South Africa and was longlisted for both the Etisalat Prize for Fiction (the most prestigious literary prize for African fiction) and the Sunday Times Barry Ronge Fiction Prize (South Africa’s largest literary award). Her short stories were awarded second prize in ... Read more
Reviews for The Architecture of Loss: A Novel
“Z. P. Dala is a writer who has suffered much for her art and is well worth reading.”
Salman Rushdie “South African author Z. P. Dala’s crisp writing exhumes the festering pieces of the past in a story that strives toward hope and forgiveness.”
World Literature Today “The Architecture of Loss vividly reconstructs the secret soul of South ... Read more
Salman Rushdie “South African author Z. P. Dala’s crisp writing exhumes the festering pieces of the past in a story that strives toward hope and forgiveness.”
World Literature Today “The Architecture of Loss vividly reconstructs the secret soul of South ... Read more