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The Heart of Redness

by Zakes Mda · 2000

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In a new novel by one of the premier writers of the ''new'' South Africa, an exile returns from America—where he fled during the apartheid regime—to find his newly democratic country in a shambles.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thismagical realismmagical realismMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
diversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisSouth AfricaSouth AfricaMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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