Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night

by Sindiwe Magona

Overview

Sindiwe Magona’s superb collection of short stories brings a full range of South African women’s experience brilliantly to light From the village mother leaving her children to work; the maid in service to the white medem; the black child raped and murdered, Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night is at once tragic, triumphant, humorous, and sharp, but above all forcefully empowering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566564526
Publisher:	Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date:	03/01/2009
Series:	Emerging Voices - New International Fiction Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Sindiwe Magona is the author of Forced to Grow and Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night, also published by Interlink.

Editorial Reviews

"Sindiwe Magona's Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night rips away apartheid's shroud which hovers over lives, loves and losses of South African women with a ferocity that is both startling and enlightening...[It] is a riveting look at the triumph of will and spirit in the face of apartheid's dehumanization. Magona has given us endearing characters and probing stories that are as authoritative as they are unforgettable."

"This collection is a forceful document of injustices. The voices that emerge are elegant and moving in their simplicity...Magona is a storyteller centered in her power, convinced of the universal relevance of what she sees. The effect is felt like the strong South African sun, each story's momentum like the pounding of a drum."

From the Publisher

"This collection is a forceful document of injustices. The voices that emerge are elegant and moving in their simplicity...Magona is a storyteller centered in her power, convinced of the universal relevance of what she sees. The effect is felt like the strong South African sun, each story's momentum like the pounding of a drum."

Booklist

"Sindiwe Magona's Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night rips away apartheid's shroud which hovers over lives, loves and losses of South African women with a ferocity that is both startling and enlightening...[It] is a riveting look at the triumph of will and spirit in the face of apartheid's dehumanization. Magona has given us endearing characters and probing stories that are as authoritative as they are unforgettable."

Quarterly Black Review of Books

Sindiwe Magona's Living, Loving and Lying Awake at Night rips away apartheid's shroud which hovers over lives, loves, and losses of South African Women with a ferocity that is both startling and enlightening...Magona has given us endearing characters and probing stories that are as authoritative as they are unforgettable.

Quarterly Black Review