The Madonna of Excelsior
A Literature, Cultural, Africa book. Lovely. i read this book twice and really enjoyed it. It is a colourful exploration of the exelsior scandal...
"A generous, patient, wry and intelligent voice...[that] suggests not just a writer who can seduce us through beautiful language and unfailing humor. We also encounter a writer who has the power to shock and frighten us, to astound and anger and unsettle us...In short, his is a voice for which one should feel not only affection but admiration." --Neil Gordon, New York Times Book ReviewSelection, Summer Reading, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1971, nineteen citizens of Excelsior in South Africa's white-ruled Free State were charged with breaking apartheid's Immorality Act, which forbade sex between blacks and whites. Taking this case as raw material for his alchemic imagination, Zakes Mda tells the story of one irrepressible fallen madonna, Niki, and her family, at the heart of the scandal.
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780312423827 / 312423829
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A snapshot look into the immorality laws of South Africa and the impact for one woman and her child. As is often the case, I learned a lot from reading this book. But, I found the style to be more "distanced" in its telling. It left me feeling a bit flat. I wanted to see more deeply into the characters. But, it was still worth the read.... Lovely. i read this book twice and really enjoyed it. It is a colourful exploration of the exelsior scandal that took place in a small town is Azania during apartheid, when a group of white men (including the town dominee) were arrested along with 21 black women for contravening the immorality act. Under this law it was illegal for... Fiction does not always facilitate or augment the understanding of complex realities of time and place. Zakes Mda, however, has achieved this mixture admirably in this novel of his native South Africa. The political events of pre- and post-Apartheid periods take a central place in the story. Yet he manages to avoid being overly heavy...
