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Tsotsi

by Athol Fugard

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Athol Fugard is renowned for his relentless explorations of personal and political survival in apartheid South Africa — which include his now classic plays Master Harold and the Boys and The Blood Knot. Fugard has written a single novel, Tsotsi, which director Gavin Hood has made into a feature film that is South Africa's official entry for the 2006 Academy Awards. Set amid the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, where survival is the primary objective, Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader.

When we meet Tsotsi, he is a man without a name (tsotsi is Afrikaans for "hoodlum") who has repressed his past and now exists only to stage and execute vicious crimes. When he inadvertently kidnaps a baby, Tsotsi is confronted with memories of his own painful childhood, and this angry young man begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity, and capacity to love.

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Set amid the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto, where survival is the primary objective, this novel traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity, and capacity to love.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780802142689
Author:
Fugard, Athol
Publisher:
Grove Press
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Criminals
Subject:
Infants
Subject:
FICTION / Literary
Subject:
South Africa
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Copyright:
Edition Description:
Grove Press
Publication Date:
20060131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
232
Dimensions:
8.22x5.60x.65 in. .64 lbs.

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