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A rural Zulu pastor searches Johannesburg for his family, until his son's fate binds him to another grieving father.

Literary fiction

A young man leaves the countryside for Johannesburg, discovering the demands and disappointments hidden beneath the city's promise of gold.

Literary fiction

An interracial affair disrupts a Johannesburg household, forcing intimate loyalties into confrontation with apartheid's laws and social boundaries.

Literary fiction

Lives and voices in Alexandra Township evoke Johannesburg in 1976, bringing a turbulent moment into focus through intimate human experience.

Nonfiction

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