The Cafe de Move-on Blues - In Search of the New South Africa

Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg in 1944. He is the author of Kruger's Alp, which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, Serenity House, which was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize, as well as My Mother's Lovers and Shooting Angels, which were both published to great acclaim. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

About the author

CHRISTOPHER HOPE was born in Johannesburg in 1944. He is the author of nine novels, including Kruger's Alp, which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, Serenity House, which was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize, and My Mother's Lovers, published by Atlantic Books in 2006 to great acclaim. He is also a poet and playwright and author of the celebrated memoir White Boy Running (1988). The Garden of Bad Dreams is his latest collection of short stories.

Summary

From one of South Africa's finest writers comes a powerful exploration of politics, race and population in the post-Apartheid era.

Foreword

From one of South Africa's finest writers comes a powerful exploration of politics, race and population in the post-Apartheid era.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hope, Christopher (Author) Hope, Hope Christopher
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2019
• EAN: 9781786490612
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-061-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 315 g
• Illustrations: Integrated photographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Africa, TRAVEL / Africa / South, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Travel writing, Republic of South Africa, Southern Africa, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Travel and holiday