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A harsh story of a deprived rural community driven by the laws of apartheid to live off barren land. An optimistic young woman is ensnared in a cross-fire of racist policy and coercive traditional values when she is ostracized by her family.
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""And They Didn t Die" brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo s talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . . . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex." "Voice Literary Supplement"
"Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." "Publishers Weekly"
"Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." Gillian Slovo"
"And They Didn't Die brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo's talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . . . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex." --Voice Literary Supplement "Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." --Publishers Weekly "Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." --Gillian Slovo
"And They Didn't Die brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo's talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . . . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex." --Voice Literary Supplement "Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." --Publishers Weekly "Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." --Gillian Slovo
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"Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." "Publishers Weekly"
"Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." Gillian Slovo"
"And They Didn't Die brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo's talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . . . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex." --Voice Literary Supplement "Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." --Publishers Weekly "Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." --Gillian Slovo
"And They Didn't Die brilliantly chronicles the untold predicaments of women caught between custom, white law, and the migrant system. Much of its power lies in Ngcobo's talent for complication and nuance, and for her refusal of dogma. . . . It explores what happens when women start asking questions: about cattle and the land, about female power, about tradition, about violence, about sex." --Voice Literary Supplement "Ngcobo writes with grace and compassion about one woman's suffering, meanwhile providing insights into . . . village culture, the injustices of the legal system, the routines and atmosphere of black prisons, and the indomitable spirit of an oppressed people." --Publishers Weekly "Harsh yet poignant, this novel rescues the experience of so many whose stories have remained untold." --Gillian Slovo
Lauretta Ngcobo (1931-2015) was a South African novelist and essayist. After living in exile between 1963 and 1994, she lived in Durban. In 2006, she received the Lifetime Achievement Literary Award of the South African Literary Awards. In 2008, she was awarded the Order of Ikhamanga for her work in literature and in promoting gender equality. She was named an eThekwini Living Legend in 2012, and in 2014 she received an honorary doctorate of Technology in Arts and Design from Durban University of Technology.
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- PublisherVirago
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 185381153X
- ISBN 13 9781853811531
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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