Evening primrose / Kopano Matlwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matlwa, Kopano, author.

Contributor:

Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility.

Politics and government.

South Africa--Politics and government--1994---Fiction.

South Africa.

Health services accessibility--South Africa--Fiction.

Women physicians--Fiction.

Women physicians.

Genre:

Fiction.

Medical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

149 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Quercus, 2018.

Summary:

"Compelling and heart-wrenching, Evening Primrose explores issues of race, poverty, and gender in post-apartheid South Africa through the eyes of a junior doctor ... When Masechaba finally achieves her childhood dream of becoming a doctor, her ambition is tested as she faces the stark reality of South Africa's public health care system. As she leaves her deeply religious mother and makes friends with the politically-minded Nyasha, Masechaba's eyes are opened to the rising xenophobic tension that carries echoes of apartheid. Battling her inner demons, she must decide if she should take a stand to help her best friend, even if it comes at a high personal cost. A powerfully insightful novel from "South Africa's Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The Bookseller), Evening Primrose explores issues of race, gender, and the medical profession with tenderness and urgency"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"First published in the United States by Quercus in 2018"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Judith Greenblatt Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Matlwa, Kopano. Evening primrose.

ISBN:

9781635060324

163506032X

9781635060331

1635060338

OCLC:

1000584473