From Library Journal
From his cell in Durban, South Africa, the black narrator of this short, powerful novel can see mating birds "clinging to each other joyfully in the bright air as though for dear life." But he is condemned to die: condemned for mating with a white woman. On her accusation, he has been found guilty of rape; by his account they were "mating birds," drawn together across racial barriers by irrepressible sexual desire. While the nature of their encounter remains ambiguous, the squalid evils of apartheid are rendered with the utmost clarity. Nkosi, an exiled South African, has a fine ear for dialogue and an unusual economy of expression. Recommended for black studies and fiction collections. Peter Sabor, English Dept., Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario
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Kurzbeschreibung
The story of a young South African black man obsessed with an English girl whom he encounters on the segregated Durban beachfront is told from the narrator's prison cell in this classic African novel. Although no words are exchanged, a connection develops between the two mismatched lovers, leading to an intense and ambiguous sexual encounter. He is charged with rape and receives the death sentence. Reconstructing his own history, his obsession with the girl, and his court proceedings, the narrator offers a powerful examination of the warped racial morality and brutality of apartheid.