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Still life / Zoë Wicomb.
Van Pelt Library PR9369.3.W53 S75 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wicomb, Zoë, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834--Fiction.
- Pringle, Thomas.
- Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834.
- Women authors--Fiction.
- Women authors.
- History.
- Race discrimination.
- Exploitation.
- South Africa.
- Poets--Fiction.
- Poets.
- Exploitation--Fiction.
- Race discrimination--Fiction.
- Time travel--Fiction.
- Time travel.
- South Africa--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Time-travel fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 249 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Wicomb's majestic new novel Still Life juggles with our perception of time and reality as Wicomb tells the story of an author struggling to write a biography of long-forgotten Scottish poet Thomas Pringle, whose only legacy is in South Africa where he is dubbed the "Father of South African Poetry." In her efforts to resurrect Pringle, the writer summons the specter of Mary Prince, the West Indian slave whose history Pringle had once published, along with Hinza, his adopted black South African son. At their side is Sir Nicholas Green, a seasoned time traveler (and a character from Virginia Woolf's Orlando). Their adventures, as they travel across space and time to unlock the mysteries of Pringle's life, offer a poignant exploration of colonial history and racial oppression."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in South Africa by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd. 2020"
- ISBN:
- 9781620976104
- 1620976102
- OCLC:
- 1142948224
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