Yewande Omotoso’s The Woman Next Door explores the intricacies of gender, identity, and tradition, using post-apartheid South Africa as a case study. Centring the plot around the lives of two octogenarian neighbours from different racial and social backgrounds in Cape Town’s wealthy suburb of Katterijn; Hortensia James, a sharp-tongued Black woman of Caribbean descent, and…
In a society where women are constantly blamed for infertility, author of A Spell of Good Things, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, writes a thrilling novel that details the plights of women whose husbands are vividly aware that the problem of infertility lies with them. Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀’s debut novel, Stay with Me, is a poignant exploration of marriage,…
Christos Tsiolkas’ The Slap is a novel that centers on the ripple effect that an impulsive act of disciplining someone else’s erring child can have on a family. The novel explores the fallout from a single event: a man slapping someone else’s child at a backyard barbecue. The novel is set in contemporary Australia and…
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