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With the publication of Kafka's Curse, Achmat Dangor established himself as an utterly singular voice in South African fiction. His new novel, a finalist for the Man Booker Prize and the IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award, is a clear-eyed, witty, yet deeply serious look at South Africa's political history and its damaging legacy in the lives of those who live there.
The last time Silas Ali encountered Lieutenant Du Boise, Silas was locked in the back of a police van and the lieutenant was conducting a vicious assault on Silas's wife, Lydia, in revenge for her husband's participation in Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. When Silas sees Du Boise by chance twenty years later, as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is about to deliver its report, crimes from the past erupt into the present, splintering the Alis' fragile peace. Meanwhile Silas and Lydia's son, Mikey, a thoroughly contemporary young hip-hop lothario, contends in unforeseen ways with his parents' pasts.
A harrowing story of a brittle family on the crossroads of history and a fearless skewering of the pieties of revolutionary movements, Bitter Fruit is a cautionary tale of how we do, or do not, address the past's deepest wounds.
The last time Silas Ali encountered Lieutenant Du Boise, Silas was locked in the back of a police van and the lieutenant was conducting a vicious assault on Silas's wife, Lydia, in revenge for her husband's participation in Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. When Silas sees Du Boise by chance twenty years later, as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is about to deliver its report, crimes from the past erupt into the present, splintering the Alis' fragile peace. Meanwhile Silas and Lydia's son, Mikey, a thoroughly contemporary young hip-hop lothario, contends in unforeseen ways with his parents' pasts.
A harrowing story of a brittle family on the crossroads of history and a fearless skewering of the pieties of revolutionary movements, Bitter Fruit is a cautionary tale of how we do, or do not, address the past's deepest wounds.
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‘A haunting story of a family disintegrating, wonderfully authentic on its context, gender and generation, its progress like slow dancing’ -- Barbara Trapido, Independent
‘A writer who gives texture and grace to the present lives and historical legacy of South Africa's 500-year old multi-ethnic society.’ -- Dr. Rachel Holmes, Literary Review
‘Dangor’s vivid prose, narrative fluency and facility for literary experiment make Bitter Fruit a considerable achievement.’ -- Shomit Dutta, Daily Telegraph
‘Meticulously written and perfectly paced.’ -- Giles Newington, Irish Times
‘The unremitting intensity of Dangor’s focus is just as notable as its depth.’ -- Laurence Phelan, Independent on Sunday
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‘A writer who gives texture and grace to the present lives and historical legacy of South Africa's 500-year old multi-ethnic society.’ -- Dr. Rachel Holmes, Literary Review
‘Dangor’s vivid prose, narrative fluency and facility for literary experiment make Bitter Fruit a considerable achievement.’ -- Shomit Dutta, Daily Telegraph
‘Meticulously written and perfectly paced.’ -- Giles Newington, Irish Times
‘The unremitting intensity of Dangor’s focus is just as notable as its depth.’ -- Laurence Phelan, Independent on Sunday
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'Dangor's writing, and the world he creates with it, exude a vibrant physicality... Dangor's vivid prose, narrative fluency and facility for literary experiment make Bitter Fruit a considerable achievement.'Shomit Dutta, Daily Telegraph
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