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Fathers and fugitives / S. J. Naudé ; translated from the Afrikaans by Michiel Heyns.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Naudé Fathers
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Van Pelt - New Book Display PT6593.24.A93 V3613 2024
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- Author/Creator:
- Naudé, S. J., 1970- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Van vaders en vlugtelinge. English
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Africa--Fiction.
- South Africa.
- Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Voyages and travels--Fiction.
- Voyages and travels.
- Cousins--Fiction.
- Cousins.
- Medicine, Experimental--Fiction.
- Medicine, Experimental.
- Sick children--Fiction.
- Sick children.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Adult children of aging parents--Fiction.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Journalists--Fiction.
- Journalists.
- Gay men--Family relationships--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction.
- Novels.
- Gay men
- LGBTQ+ fiction.
- Gay fiction
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2024.
- Language Note:
- Text in English, translated from the Afrikaans.
- Summary:
- "Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meager. A young gay man with no relationships outside of sexual ones, he can seem at once callow and, at times, cold to the point of cruel with his lovers. Emotionally distant from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Following his father's death, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man's will: he will only inherit his half of his father's considerable estate once he has spent time with Theon, a cousin whom he hasn't seen since they were boys, who lives on the old family farm in the Free State. Once there, Daniel discovers that the young son of the woman Theon lives with is seriously ill. With the conditions bearing on Daniel's inheritance shifting in real time, Theon and Daniel travel with the boy to Japan for an experimental cure and a voyage that will change their lives forever."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Where the wolves mate
- Lost in Malaysia
- Hankai
- The birth pains of termites
- The city of fathers and sons.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Van vaders en vlugtelinge.
- South African Literary Awards - Novel Award, Winner, 2024
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9798889660392
- OCLC:
- 1422142645
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