How do you get to know your daughter when she is dead? This is the question which takes a mother on a journey of self-discovery. A bold and unflinching tale of one women's unconventional approach to life and loss.
Yewande Omotoso Libros
Yewande Omotoso escribe prosa que profundiza en las complejidades de la identidad y la migración. Su obra explora temas de desplazamiento y la búsqueda de pertenencia con aguda observación y comprensión empática. La autora examina cómo el entorno y el trasfondo cultural dan forma a nuestras relaciones y autopercepción. Su estilo es incisivo pero sensible, ofreciendo a los lectores una profunda visión de la experiencia humana.
The Woman Next Door
- 288 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in a charming, bougainvillea-laden Cape Town suburb. One is black, one white. Both are successful women with impressive careers behind them. Both have recently been widowed. Both are in their eighties. And both are sworn enemies, sharing hedge and hostility pruned with zeal. But one day an unforeseen event forces the women together. Could long-held mutual loathing transform into friendship? Love thy neighbour? Easier said than done. 'Wit, charm and playful energy... An insightful and fascinating diptych of two women, with the history of colonialism and slavery lurking in the background' Herald
Bom Boy
- 182 páginas
- 7 horas de lectura
From the Dublin Literary Award and Women's Prize for Fiction longlisted author of The Woman Next Door and An Unusual Grief Wandering in Cape Town, Leke stalks people, steals small objects, and visits doctors and healers in search of a cure. But he isn't sure what ails him--loneliness, or the family curse.