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Black Diamond
Zakes Mda
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Description for Black Diamond
Hardback. Features Kristin Uys, a tough magistrate who lives alone with her cat in the Roodepoort district of Johannesburg. In this novel, she goes on a one-woman crusade to wipe out prostitution in her town. Her reasons are personal, and her main targets are the Visagie Brothers, Stevo and Shortie, who run a brothel. Series: The Africa List. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 214 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
In this novel by celebrated South African writer Zakes Mda, Kristin Uys, a tough magistrate who lives alone with her cat in the Roodepoort district of Johannesburg, goes on a one-woman crusade to wipe out prostitution in her town. Her reasons are personal, and her zeal is fierce. Her main targets are the Visagie Brothers, Stevo and Shortie, who run a brothel, and although she fails to take down the entire establishment, she manages to nail Stevo for contempt of court, serving him a six-month sentence. From Diepkloof Prison, the outraged Stevo orchestrates his revenge against the magistrate, aided and ... Read more
In this novel by celebrated South African writer Zakes Mda, Kristin Uys, a tough magistrate who lives alone with her cat in the Roodepoort district of Johannesburg, goes on a one-woman crusade to wipe out prostitution in her town. Her reasons are personal, and her zeal is fierce. Her main targets are the Visagie Brothers, Stevo and Shortie, who run a brothel, and although she fails to take down the entire establishment, she manages to nail Stevo for contempt of court, serving him a six-month sentence. From Diepkloof Prison, the outraged Stevo orchestrates his revenge against the magistrate, aided and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Africa List
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857422224
SKU
V9780857422224
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About Zakes Mda
Zakes Mda is professor of creative writing in the Department of English at Ohio University, and a South African novelist, poet, and playwright. His novels include Ways of Dying, The Heart of Redness, and The Sculptors of Mapungubwe, the latter also published by Seagull Books.
Reviews for Black Diamond
"Vivid inventiveness and acerbic iconoclasm.... Tender humor and brutal violence vie with each other in Mda's pages. as do vibrant life and sudden death. The struggle between them creates an energetic and refreshing literature for a country still coming to terms with both the new and the old." (New York Times Book Review)"