Between Two Worlds
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Set in Soweto, this is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. It depicts the life od an account typist in a large busy shop where most of the clientele are poor. The authors fine eye for detail provides an unrivalled sense of everyday life in the South Africa of that time.
Set in Soweto outside Johannesburg, Between Two Worlds is one of the most important novels of South Africa under apartheid. Originally published under the title Muriel at Metropolitan, the novel was for some years banned (on the grounds of language derogatory to Afrikaners) even as it received worldwide acclaim. It was later issued in the Longman African Writers Series, but has for some years been out of print and unavailable.
This Broadview edition includes a new introduction by the author describing the circumstances in which she wrote Between Two Worlds.
RRP: £23.95
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN: 9781551116051
