The texture of shadows : a novel /

The texture of shadows : a novel /

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Author / Creator:	Langa, Mandla, 1950-
Imprint:	Johannesburg : Picador Africa, 2014.
Description:	371 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Soldiers -- South Africa -- Fiction. Political prisoners -- South Africa -- Fiction. Police corruption -- South Africa -- Fiction. South African fiction (English) English fiction -- Black authors. English fiction -- Black authors Police corruption Political prisoners Politics and government Soldiers South African fiction (English) South Africa -- Politics and government -- Fiction. South Africa Fiction
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10149241

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ISBN:	9781770103863 1770103864 9781770103870
Summary:	"It is 1989, a high point of hope in South Africa's political history. The nation is abuzz with rumours of Nelson Mandela's imminent release, the dismantling of guerrilla camps and the possibility of peace. A band of exiled People's Army soldiers returns to South Africa. After years in Angola they think the change they have been fighting for is finally about to become a reality. They have been ordered to carry and deliver a sealed trunk to an unspecified destination. It is a mission that makes them a target as different parties set out to separate the men from the trunk and its mysterious contents, setting the stage for several fierce conflicts. The Texture of Shadows explores a world of hardened guerrilla fighters, corrupt police officers, ex-political prisoners and the victims of abuse of a system of bannings and beatings. But there are also cracks in this steel-edged world that hope, love and beauty can fill as the reader is swept up in the story of Chaplain Nerissa Rodrigues and her fellow soldiers"--Back cover.

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Summary:	"It is 1989, a high point of hope in South Africa's political history. The nation is abuzz with rumours of Nelson Mandela's imminent release, the dismantling of guerrilla camps and the possibility of peace. A band of exiled People's Army soldiers returns to South Africa. After years in Angola they think the change they have been fighting for is finally about to become a reality. They have been ordered to carry and deliver a sealed trunk to an unspecified destination. It is a mission that makes them a target as different parties set out to separate the men from the trunk and its mysterious contents, setting the stage for several fierce conflicts. The Texture of Shadows explores a world of hardened guerrilla fighters, corrupt police officers, ex-political prisoners and the victims of abuse of a system of bannings and beatings. But there are also cracks in this steel-edged world that hope, love and beauty can fill as the reader is swept up in the story of Chaplain Nerissa Rodrigues and her fellow soldiers." -- Back cover.
Physical Description:	371 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:	9781770103863 1770103864 9781770103870