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Jenny’s Reads: the Man Booker Prize plus festive season reads
It’s come and it’s gone. Of course, I’m referring to the illustrious Booker Prize, often described as the world’s most important literary prize in the English language. It’s changed a great deal in...
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Amogelang Mothapo Reviews Small Things by Nthikeng Mohlele
Star Rating: ★★★☆☆ 3/5 Small Things Nthikeng Mohlele Jacana Media, May 2018 (new edition) Online Price: R206 Small Things: A novel about despair, love, and the elusive nature of inner happiness....
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Jenny’s Reads: Great Books for the Festive Season
Finally, we’ve come face to face with whatever 2019 holds for us. It was only yesterday, it seems, that we were saying the same thing at the end of 2017. The one thing that is certain is that this...
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Jennifer Crocker Reviews There Goes English Teacher by Karin Cronje
Star Rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5 There Goes English Teacher Karin Cronje Modjaji Books, October 2018 Online Price: R289 Karin Cronje makes the decision to go to South Korea to teach English, in what seems...
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Nancy Richards Reviews Intruders by Mohale Mashigo
Star Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5 Intruders Mohale Mashigo Picador Africa, September 2018 Online Price: R166 If I didn’t know any different, I would say that Mohale Mashigo was one very sassy, savvy,...
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Puleng Hopper Reviews This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Star Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5 This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga Jacana Media, November 2018 Online Price: R246 This Mournable Body is the last of a trilogy that began with Nervous Conditions and...
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Nomonde Ndwalaza Reviews Rumours by Mongane Wally Serote
Star Rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Rumours Mongane Wally Serote Jacana Media, April 2013 Online Price: R226 Mongane Wally Serote’s Rumours explores a man’s journey to dig deep into himself in an effort to...
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Puleng Hopper Reviews Thirteen Cents by K. Sello Duiker
Star Rating: ★★★★☆ 4/5 Thirteen Cents K. Sello Duiker Kwela Books, July 2013 Online Price: R236 In the novel Thirteen Cents Duiker paints a vivid and heart wrenching picture of how, in...
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Nombulelo Moyo Reviews Illumination by Nthikeng Mohlele
Star Rating: ★★★☆☆ 3/5 Illumination Nthikeng Mohlele Pan Macmillan SA, February 2019 Online Price: R277 The best thing about this book is that the author pays homage to both contemporary and old...
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Puleng Hopper Reviews The Gold Diggers by Sue Nyathi
Star Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5 The Gold Diggers Sue Nyathi Pan Macmillan SA, May 2018 Online Price: R190 The Gold Diggers, published in 2018 by Pan Macmillan is Sue Nyathi’s second work of fiction. Her...
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