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Bitter Fruit (Paperback)

by Achmat Dangor (Author)

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Paperback: 281 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Sep 29 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0002005964
ISBN-13: 978-0002005968

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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THE LAST TIME Silas Ali encountered the lieutenant, Silas was locked in the back of a police van and the lieutenant was viciously raping Lydia, Silas’s wife. But a chance encounter twenty years later brings crimes from the past crashing into the present, shattering the fragile shell of normalcy that defines the Alis’ family life. Bitter Fruit is the story of Silas, Lydia and their circle of friends and family living in post-apartheid South Africa. It is also the story of their son Mikey, a child of “the new South Africa,” a young man whose own identity crisis, sexual adventuring and murderous search for his biological father are about to explode.

With Bitter Fruit, Achmat Dangor ventures into territory no other South African writer has entered. The bitter fruits of apartheid—rape, incest, murder—are revealed in a riveting narrative that addresses the dynamic politics of race, history and the new elite in the context of contemporary times. But the novel is also a universal portrait of a modern family struggling to live in a dysfunctional society. By turns harrowing, erotic and fearlessly satirical, Bitter Fruit confirms the literary reputation of a gifted novelist.

About the Author

ACHMAT DANGOR was born in Johannesburg in 1948, the year theNationalist Party, the architects of apartheid, won power. Winner of manyliterary prizes, including the 1998 Herman Charles Bosman Prize for Kafka’sCurse, he is the author of three collections of poetry, a novella andshort story collection, and a novel. He currently lives with his wife in Geneva.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A moving story, April 6 2005

By	Sancho Mahle (Charlotte, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Achmat Dangor once again portrayed himself as a great storyteller in this masterful story set in post-apartheid South Africa. Based on the story of a mixed race character, Dangor's true life experiences give credence to his brilliant plot and rich character development that made the story so alive. The pace is fast and a reader easily gets sucked into the novel without knowing it. This page turner is a recommended read.

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