Small Circle of Beings
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Damon Galgut's first collection of stories transports us to 1980s South Africa where politics begins at home. The family - that small circle of beings where love should flourish - can be an arid and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:152919816X
ISBN13:9781529198164
Release Date:August 2022
Publisher:Vintage
Length:224 Pages
Dimensions:5.1" x 7.8"
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A fine collection of five short stories
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Small Circle of Beings shows the members of the Roper family in a house far out of town, at the end of a dust road which rises up into the mountains. Their son David is sick with jaundice, perhaps even dying, and his illness reveals to his mother the desperate bondage of family ties. The author's prose captures the emotional contradictions of family life and shows how a son must learn to pull away from his parents if he is to find his own way.
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