South African Writing in Transition

ISBN-13: 9781350178809 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 296 str.

Rita Barnard (University of Pennsylvania; Univer Andrew van der Vlies (Queen Mary

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Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book asks the question: how has contemporary South African literature grappled with ideas of time and history during the political transition away from apartheid? Reading the work of major South African writers such as J.M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and Ivan Vladislavic as well as contemporary crime fiction, South African Writing in Transition explores how concerns about time and temporality have shaped literary form across the country's literary culture. Establishing new connections between leading literary voices and lesser known works, the book explores themes of truth and reconciliation, disappointment and betrayal.