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Memoir from the highly acclaimed South African novelist. Features his encounters with Ariel Dorfman, Gunter Grass, Nadine Gordimer, Nelson Mandela and many others.
Synopsis
Tells the story of a life lived in tumultuous times. In this title, the author describes with searing honesty his conflicting experiences of growing up in a world where innocence was always surrounded by violence and storytelling was a means of reconciling the stark contrasts of his world.