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Tsotsi (Revised Edition) - A Novel - cover

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Tsotsi (Revised Edition) - A Novel

Athol Fugard

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers

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Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless gang leader. When we meet Tsotsi, he is a man without a name who has repressed his past and now lives only to stage and execute vicious crimes. When he inadvertently kidnaps a baby, Tsotsi is confronted with memories of his own painful childhood, and this angry young man begins to rediscover his own humanity, dignity and capacity to love.Internationally acclaimed playwright Athol Fugard is renowned for his explorations of personal and political survival in apartheid South Africa. First published in 1980, Tsotsi is his only novel. A film based on the book won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.
Available since: 06/21/2016.

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