238pp., paperback, Reprint, Jacana, Johannesburg, (2012) 2012
ISBN: 9781431403622
Winner of the 2011/12 European Union Literary Award for Debut Fiction.
A novel that evokes everyday life in Cape Malay and Indian communities in twentieth century Cape Town.
"Beautifully (and differently) written ... traces a real history of South Africa through minor, ordinary details of a family's life and a few extraordinary experiences of not-very-powerful people." Rehana Roussouw, Business Day
Ashraf Kagee is Professor of Psychology at Stellenbosch University.