When expatriate Afrikaner Kristien Müller hears of her grandmother’s impending death, she ends her self-imposed exile in London and returns to the South Africa she thought she’d escaped. But irrevocable change is sweeping the land, and reality itself seems to be in flux as the country stages its first democratic elections. Kristien’s Ouma Kristina herself is dying because of the upheavals: a terrorist attack on her isolated mansion has terminally injured her. As Kristien keeps vigil by her grandmother’s sickbed, Ouma tells Kristien stories of nine generations of women in the family, stories in which myth and reality blur, in which legend and brute fact are confused, in which magic, treachery, farce, and heroism are the stuff of the day-to-day. Imaginings of Sand is the passionate tale of a nation discovering itself and of the women who pioneered that discovery.
The Night Watchman Author: Louise Erdrich List: Recent Prize Winner [Pulitzer Book Awards – Winner 2021] Year of publication: 2021 Pages: 451 Goodreads: The Night Watchman
Wuthering Heights is a captivating tale of love, obsession, and revenge. Set on the desolate moors of Yorkshire, it follows the tumultuous relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, exploring their passionate yet destructive bond and […]
Small Things Like These Author: Claire Keegan List: Recent Prize Winner Short List (Man Booker, 2022) Year of publication: 2021 Pages: 118 [½] Goodreads: Small Things Like These
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