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18%OFFMeg Vandermerwe - Zebra Crossing - 9781780744308 - V9781780744308
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Zebra Crossing

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Description for Zebra Crossing Paperback. Selected for South African O Magazine's best reads, this devastating debut grips from the first page. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 234.

Ghost. Ape. Living dead. Young and albino, Chipo has been called many things, but to her mother – Zimbabwe’s most loyal Manchester United supporter – she had always been a gift.

On the eve of the World Cup, Chipo and her brother flee to Cape Town, hoping for a better life and to share in the excitement of the greatest sporting event ever to take place in Africa. But the Mother City’s infamous Long Street is a dangerous place for an illegal immigrant and an albino. Soon Chipo is caught up in a get-rich-quick scheme organised by her brother ... Read more

Set in the underbelly of a pulsating Cape Town, Meg Vandermerwe’s Zebra Crossing is an arresting debut and a bold, lyrical imagining of what it’s like to live in another person’s skin.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780744308
SKU
V9781780744308
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Meg Vandermerwe
Meg Vandermerwe was born in South Africa in 1978. She read English at Oxford University and holds Masters degrees from the universities of Sussex and East Anglia. She teaches English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape, and lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Reviews for Zebra Crossing
‘Will linger long in the memory after reading…Vandermerwe's narrative is stark and rapid, skilfully redolent of Africa. She channels the voice of Chipo to strong effect, capturing the very real situation around her while at the same time illustrating her naïve view of events and environment’
Jewish Chronicle
'A chilling must-read.'
Sindiwe Magona 'Zebra Crossing is one ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Zebra Crossing


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