Tsotsi

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Tsotsi is a real find, by one of the most affecting and moving writers of our time -- and the novel is now being reissued to coincide with the release of a feature film, which is already being compared to 2004's runaway hit City of God.

One of the world's pre-eminent playwrights, who could be a primary candidate for either the Nobel Prize in Literature or the Nobel Peace Prize , Athol Fugard is renowned for his relentless explorations of personal and political survival in apartheid South Africa - which include his now classic plays Master Harold . . . and the Boys and The Blood Knot. Fugard has written a single novel, Tsotsi, which director Gavin Hood has made into a feature film that The Times calls a remarkable achievement and is South Africa s official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards.

Set amid the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, where survival is the primary objective, Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader. When we meet Tsotsi, he is a man without a name who has repressed his past and now exists only to stage and execute vicious crimes. When he inadvertently kidnaps a baby, Tsotsi is confronted with memories of his own painful childhood, and this angry young man begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity, and capacity to love.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Grove Press

Release: January 27, 2006

ISBN: 0802142680

ISBN 13: 9780802142689

Tsotsi

Athol Fugard

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Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Grove Press

Release: January 27, 2006

ISBN: 0802142680

ISBN 13: 9780802142689

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