Innards

The fiery birth of a new star of South African fiction, Innards is an incendiary debut of linked stories that narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.

About the author

Magogodi oaMphela Makhene is a proudly Soweto-made soul, who now makes her home anywhere with sunshine and writing space. An Iowa Writers' Workshop alum, Magogodi is a Caine Prize, Hedgebrook, MacDowell and Rona Jaffe Award honoree. She leads immersive courses and experiences at Love As A Kind of Cure, a social enterprise she co-founded to dismantle white supremacy.

Summary

The fiery birth of a new star of South African fiction, Innards is an incendiary debut of linked stories that narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.

Foreword

The fiery birth of a new star of South African fiction, Innards is an incendiary debut of linked stories that narrates the everyday lives of Soweto residents, from the early years of apartheid to its dissolution and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Magogodi oaMphela Makhene
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 05.10.2023
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781805460978
• ISBN: 978-1-80546-097-8
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions (packing): 13.7 x 21.6 x 1.9 cm
• Weight (packing): 255 g
• Subjects: Apartheid, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, War, Johannesburg, Debut, Africa, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / African, Republic of South Africa, South Africa, Collection, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Relating to people of the African diasporas / heritage, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, NoViolet Bulawayo, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Damon Galgut, african writers, Ayòbámi Adébáyo, chimamanda ngozie adichie