{"product_id":"love","title":"LOVE, a novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e186pp., paperback,\u003c\/em\u003e Jacana, Johannesburg, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781431436460\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending crime, romance, and speculative fiction, this novel examines the beautiful and often malignant dimensions of love, to ask \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhether salvation lies at the altar of the divine, in overcoming the weaknesses of our lesser selves, or in our brief moments of romantic ecstasy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSebastian Salt is an undecided atheist – four times married, four times divorced, four times widowed, four times prostituted, and four times arrested. \u003cem\u003eLove\u003c\/em\u003e is his biographical voyage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNthikeng Mohlele\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in Limpopo Province and Tembisa Township. He is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eRevolutionaries' House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBreasts, etc\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Scent of Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSmall Things\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRusty Bell\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMichael K\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIllumination\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePleasure (\u003c\/em\u003ewinner of the 2016 University of Johannesburg Main Prize for South African Writing in English and the 2017 K. Sello Duiker Memorial Prize). He has also published two collections of short stories, \u003cem\u003eA Little Light\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e The Discovery of Love \u003c\/em\u003e(winner of the 2022 National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Best Fiction: Short Stories). His plays include \u003cem\u003eI Am a Woman\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Affairs of State\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe lives in Johannesburg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mohlele (N.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42285217742894,"sku":null,"price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/Love.jpg?v=1776789914","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/love","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}