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Description for Coconut
Paperback. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230. 224 pages. Coconut is a story that deals with growing up as a black child in a white world. It is the story of black youth who grow up in white neighbourhoods, go to private schools and have white friends. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 212 x 137 x 15. Weight: 234.
An important rumination on youth in modern-day South Africa, this haunting debut novel tells the story of two extraordinary young women who have grown up black in white suburbs and must now struggle to find their identities. The rich and pampered Ofilwe has taken her privileged lifestyle for granted, and must confront her swiftly dwindling sense of culture when her soulless world falls apart. Meanwhile, the hip and sassy Fiks is an ambitious go-getter desperate to leave her vicious past behind for the glossy sophistication of city life, but finds Johannesburg to be more complicated and unforgiving than she expected. ... Read more
An important rumination on youth in modern-day South Africa, this haunting debut novel tells the story of two extraordinary young women who have grown up black in white suburbs and must now struggle to find their identities. The rich and pampered Ofilwe has taken her privileged lifestyle for granted, and must confront her swiftly dwindling sense of culture when her soulless world falls apart. Meanwhile, the hip and sassy Fiks is an ambitious go-getter desperate to leave her vicious past behind for the glossy sophistication of city life, but finds Johannesburg to be more complicated and unforgiving than she expected. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
229g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Johannesburg, South Africa
ISBN
9781770093362
SKU
V9781770093362
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Kopano Matlwa
Kopano Matlwa is the chairperson and founding member of Waiting Room Education by Medical Students, a nonprofit health promotion organization that uses students' talents to educate patients on common health conditions in the waiting rooms of clinics. She was awarded the Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Award in 2005 for academic excellence and leadership potential.
Reviews for Coconut
Narrated from a teenager's perspective, [this] is an audacious, lyrical and compassionate tale. It explores the grey, in-between, intimate experiences and dilemmas of a young girl who, like the society around her, is undergoing changes that call old boundaries, comforts, and certitudes into question.
European Union Literary Award Jury
European Union Literary Award Jury