So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Iatarted reading this novel not because i wanted to but because it was prescribed by my university last year and in the end i was not dissapointed i enjoyed it so much that i actualy read it again. This shocked me because even though i live in South Africa and know about Apartheid struggles i was never really interested (i am ashamed to say). Since reading this book i have a renewed respect for all the people who lived through the struggle. I must admit that even though dangor is brutally honest and shocking in his telling of this story, it is that that kept me interested. This is, unfostunately, not the type of book that young peoply picks up and immediately have an interest in.
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2423648, September 14, 2006
Iatarted reading this novel not because i wanted to but because it was prescribed by my university last year and in the end i was not dissapointed i enjoyed it so much that i actualy read it again. This shocked me because even though i live in South Africa and know about Apartheid struggles i was never really interested (i am ashamed to say). Since reading this book i have a renewed respect for all the people who lived through the struggle. I must admit that even though dangor is brutally honest and shocking in his telling of this story, it is that that kept me interested. This is, unfostunately, not the type of book that young peoply picks up and immediately have an interest in.(6 of 11 readers found this comment helpful)