Ways of Staying

A vivid and deeply personal portrait of South Africa. After his cousin was randomly murdered, Bloom asked himself why he stayed in South Africa; in this book he traces the path of violence, and provides an eloquent account of how the white community is coping with black majority rule.

About the author

Kevin Bloom is an award-winning author, editor and investigative journalist. He is the co-author of Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes, published by Portobello in April 2016. His first book, Ways of Staying (Portobello, 2010), was named amongst the best overall titles of the year by South African broadsheets Sunday Times, Sunday Independent and The Witness, and was shortlisted for both the University of Johannesburg Debut Prize and the Alan Paton Award, Africa's most prestigious non-fiction prize. It won the 2010 South African Literary Award for literary journalism. Kevin is an Honorary Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa, and a recipient of the WISER Writing Fellowship. His byline has appeared in Granta, The Guardian and The Daily Beast, amongst others, and he is a correspondent-at-large for South Africa's Daily Maverick.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Bloom, Bloom Kevin
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781846272660
• ISBN: 978-1-84627-266-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Portobello Books; Portobello Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Südafrikanische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Republic of South Africa, c 2000 to c 2009, Social and cultural history, Violence and abuse in society