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One Tongue Singing

Susan Mann

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Description:ONE TONGUE SINGING is a sensual, sinewy and intense first novel from a young South African writer which unfolds in two time frames. In the first, a young unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father and her small daughter during the closing years of apartheid. The family settles amongst a small wine- growing community in the Western Cape where they become involved in the lives of victims of the System. In the second frame, the daughter, now about nineteen years old, is a talented artist who enrols at the exclusive Art School of a womanising painter. The man, a narcissist, walks a tightrope between popular success and a deep- seated fear of failure; this has caused him to start suffering from anxiety attacks. Through these characters ONE TONGUE SINGING explores some of the different faces of power, both in the ways it operates between individuals and in societies. It is written with economy, humanity and a hard brilliance, and it announces a distinctive new voice from South Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with One Tongue Singing. To get started finding One Tongue Singing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 260

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Harvill Secker

Release: 2004

ISBN: EBTbAAAAMAAJ

Description: ONE TONGUE SINGING is a sensual, sinewy and intense first novel from a young South African writer which unfolds in two time frames. In the first, a young unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father and her small daughter during the closing years of apartheid. The family settles amongst a small wine- growing community in the Western Cape where they become involved in the lives of victims of the System. In the second frame, the daughter, now about nineteen years old, is a talented artist who enrols at the exclusive Art School of a womanising painter. The man, a narcissist, walks a tightrope between popular success and a deep- seated fear of failure; this has caused him to start suffering from anxiety attacks. Through these characters ONE TONGUE SINGING explores some of the different faces of power, both in the ways it operates between individuals and in societies. It is written with economy, humanity and a hard brilliance, and it announces a distinctive new voice from South Africa.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with One Tongue Singing. To get started finding One Tongue Singing, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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