- Taschenbuch: 264 Seiten
- Verlag: Kwela Books; Auflage: 1 (April 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0795701500
- ISBN-13: 978-0795701504
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21 x 16,2 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.885.879 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Kurzbeschreibung
Cornelius Molapo, an urban dandy, poet, dancer, and political orator, becomes the leader of the South African National Liberation Movement in this work of fiction that exposes the underside of a fictional revolutionary movement in the last years of apartheid. Ordered to lead a peasant uprising in remote Tabanyane, Cornelius becomes a pawn in a much bigger political game. This reluctant leader disappears, but returns as a dedicated revolutionary who would choose death over defeat. In energetic and crafted language, this story brings elements of a political thriller into a sophisticated human drama.
Synopsis
Cornelius Molapo - urban dandy, poet, dancer, fiery but fickle political orator - is not the first person you'd choose to lead the revolution. And no one is more surprised than Corny when he's approached by the National Liberation Movement and ordered to lead a peasant uprising in remote Tabanyane - right now. Little does Cornelius suspect that he is a pawn in a much bigger political game: the NLM has its own reasons for deploying this reluctant revolutionary. His sudden disappearance mystifies friends, loved ones, and ultimately the international community - it's assume that he's been abducted by the police, or worse. Expatriate Anthony Ferguson is dispatched to South Africa by a human rights organisation to investigate. But the emotions stirred up by his return, and the reunion with his decadent, bewitching sister Hazel, distract Anthony from his quest for the seemingly harmless Cornelius. And by the time the two cross paths, Cornelius Molapo is harmless no more...This much awaited second novel, following Nkosi's award-winning Mating Birds [1986, ISBN 0869753177], is a tour de force of crafted writing.In energetic, vivid language, Nkosi takes us to mansions and mountain hideouts, where we meet a dazzling variety of characters: serene Princess Madi of the Tabanyane royal house, Kristina, the small-town temptress, and Joe Bulane, the sinister Central Committee man. Switching from comedy to sensitive observation to action and back, there are no dull patches in this complex plot. With its double-dealing operatives and political shenanigans, Underground People brings elements of a political thriller into a sophisticated human drama - a sparkling new addition to South African writing about the struggle era. An eminent literary critic has this to say about Underground People: "The book is crafted as a work of literature. It is a constant pleasure to engage with the rich, sappy, prose which has the body and movement of a practised literary style."
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