Author : Nthikeng Mohlele
Publisher : Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN 13 : 1770104046
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Book Synopsis Small Things by : Nthikeng Mohlele
Download or read book Small Things written by Nthikeng Mohlele and published by Pan Macmillan South africa. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this haunting tale of love and learning, the existential chaos of a life ravaged by circumstance takes on a rhythm of its own, one bound by loss and loneliness, but also an intelligent awareness of self. Sometimes melancholy, sometimes brutal, occasionally funny and infuriating, a journalist-comrade-lover caught up in the shade and shadow of politics and social injustice faces treachery and betrayal on every level. Set against the backdrop of a cityscape that taunts and tantalises, this is where love fails and passion wanes, “where suffering has no meaning”, where an individual escapes death only to find himself confronted with choices wrought by remorse and retribution, by conscience and character. And yet, with all trauma, there is a distinct musicality to the lyrical unpacking that follows a string of small things ...