I Write the Yawning Void
Selected essays of Sindiwe Magona
- Publisher's listprice GBP 23.99
-
12 141 Ft (11 563 Ft + 5% VAT)
The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.
- Discount 10% (cc. 1 214 Ft off)
- Discounted price 10 927 Ft (10 407 Ft + 5% VAT)
12 141 Ft
Availability
Estimated delivery time: In stock at the publisher, but not at Prospero's office. Delivery time approx. 3-5 weeks.
Not in stock at Prospero.
Why don't you give exact delivery time?
Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.
Product details:
- Publisher Wits University Press
- Date of Publication 1 July 2023
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9781776148189
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 358 g
- Language English 525
Categories
Short description:
These essays bring to life many facets of Magona?s personal history, her deepest convictions, love for her country and belief in her ability to activate change. They are a meaningful supplement to her fictional works, while offering insightful responses to the conditions that inspired them.
MoreLong description:
Sindiwe Magona is a celebrated South African writer, storyteller and motivational speaker known mainly for her autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories, poetry and children?s books. I Write the Yawning Void is a collection of essays that highlight her engagement with writing that span the transition from apartheid to the post-apartheid period and addresses themes such as HIV/Aids, language and culture, home and belonging.
Magona worked as a teacher, domestic worker and spent two decades working for the United Nations in the United States of America. She has received many awards for her fierce and fearless writing ?truth to power?. Her written work is often informed by her lived experience of being a black woman resisting subjugation and poverty. <br>
These essays bring to life many facets of Magona?s personal history as well as her deepest convictions, her love for her country and despair at the problems that continue to plague it, and her belief in her ability to activate change. They demonstrate Magona?s engaging storytelling and mastery of the essay form which serve as meaningful supplements to her fictional works, while simultaneously offering direct and insightful responses to the conditions that inspired them.
Through her essays Magona offers a reimagining of a broken society and the role literature can play in casting new light on old wounds.
