The Madonna of Excelsior
A African Literature, Africa, Historical book. Zakes Mda is probably the best novelist in Africa today, and certainly the most prolific. This is...
"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...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780312423827 / 312423829
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The art descriptions in the beginning of each chapter were rather annoying and that is the only flaw. I enjoyed the pace of the story and the smooth transition from apartheid to post apartheid South Africa. Zakes Mda is probably the best novelist in Africa today, and certainly the most prolific. This is one of his most impressive works, taking a very close look at how what used to be illicit sex across the colourlines would impact on a particular community. There is a skillful constant introduction to chapters by reference to drawing.... Inspiring, thought provoking, and filled with forgiveness. Zakes Mda writes with such brilliance that the colours of the veld filled with cosmos are easily imagined. I loved the way each chapter starts with a flash of artistic colour, paint on canvas and disapates into the story each time. His characters are real and unbiased in their...
