The history of man / Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ndlovu, Siphiwe Gloria, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Africa--Fiction.

Families.

Civil service--Fiction.

Civil service.

Civil war--Fiction.

Civil war.

Africa.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Magic realist fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Anthony, Texas : Catalyst Press 2022.

Summary:

"Emil Coetzee, a civil servant in his fifties, is washing blood off his hands when the ceasefire is announced. Like everyone else, he feels unmoored by the end of the conflict. War had given him his sense of purpose, his identity. But why has Emil's life turned out so different from his parents', who spent cheery Friday evenings flapping and flailing the Charleston or dancing the foxtrot? What happened to the Emil who used to wade through the singing elephant grass of the savannah, losing himself in it?"--Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published by Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa, in South Africa in 2020."--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781946395566

1946395560

OCLC:

1252414716