Trade Paperback, 376 pages RRP: R190, ISBN 0958446849 (Random House SA) Publication date: September 2003, Category: Current Affairs Description Ranging freely and often wittily across many terrains, this brave book by one of South Africa’s foremost writers and poets provides a unique and compelling discourse on living creatively in Africa today. A Change of Tongue traces the humour of change and the pain of belonging through the personal narratives of individuals, families, groups, poets, officials and politicians. Identity, belonging and voyages of personal discovery are some of the themes inventively explored in Antjie Krog’s first full-length work to appear in English since the publication of Country of My Skull. A Change of Tongue was the winner of the 2004 Booksellers’ Choice Award, and was featured alongside Country of My Skull on the South African Library’s list of the ten most influential books published in South Africa over the past ten years that focus on issues of democracy. Read an extract from A Change of Tongue in The Witness of 10 October 2003 From the reviews Antjie has an illuminating way of capturing emotional chaos that is such a part of the South African psyche. - Diane de Beer, Pretoria News Not a novel so much as a recipe, a philosophy, an interview, an opera. - Diane Awerbuck, Sunday Times Read the Beeld review of 20 October 2003 by Willie Burger Read the Volksblad review of 15 October 2003 by Stephanie Nieuwoudt E-mail us a comment on this book. (Comments may be edited and used on this website.) To buy this book www.exclusivebooks.com www.kalahari.net home   writers   books   contact   buy   rights all content © Umuzi, Random House Struik this website designed and maintained by Guanaco.co.za