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Skinner's Drift : A Novel by Lisa Fugard (2007, Trade Paperback)

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Author: Lisa Fugard. Title: Skinner's Drift. Very Good: Book that has clearly been read, usually from creases in the spine (paperback) or crispness is gone (hardcover). May have minor edge wear to dust jacket or covers.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherScribner

ISBN-100743273338

ISBN-139780743273336

eBay Product ID (ePID)57002649

Product Key Features

Book TitleSkinner's Drift : a Novel

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Literary, Political

Publication Year2007

GenreFiction

AuthorLisa Fugard

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Reviews"Fugard's narrative of apartheid politics and family tragedy could not be more engrossing."-- "Entertainment Weekly", "A wonderfully brave book -- unflinchingly and lovingly written."-- Alexandra Fuller, author of "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight", "...The landscape and characters ring true, the tone and the dialogue are just right. It is books like this -- books that shake the dust out of our heads and hearts -- that allow us all to understand our past slightly better and walk forward more confidently. It should be read the way it was written -- with compassion and an open mind." -- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, "A wonderfully brave book -- unflinchingly and lovingly written."-- Alexandra Fuller, author ofDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, "A wonderfully brave book -- unflinchingly and lovingly written."-- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, "A wonderfully brave book -- unflinchingly and lovingly written." -- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, "A nocturne of guilt and beauty . . . Fugard's frighteningly good novel looks at this historic turmoil without wincing or turning away."--Los Angeles Times, "Fugard's narrative of apartheid politics and family tragedy could not be more engrossing."--Entertainment Weekly, "Fugard's narrative of apartheid politics and family tragedy could not be more engrossing." -- Entertainment Weekly, "A nocturne of guilt and beauty . . . Fugard's frighteningly good novel looks at this historic turmoil without wincing or turning away."-- "Los Angeles Times", "A nocturne of guilt and beauty . . . Fugard's frighteningly good novel looks at this historic turmoil without wincing or turning away." -- Los Angeles Times, "A nocturne of guilt and beauty . . . Fugard's frighteningly good novel looks at this historic turmoil without wincing or turning away."-- Los Angeles Times, "Fugard's narrative of apartheid politics and family tragedy could not be more engrossing."-- Entertainment Weekly, ..."The landscape and characters ring true, the tone and the dialogue are just right. It is books like this -- books that shake the dust out of our heads and hearts -- that allow us all to understand our past slightly better and walk forward more confidently. It should be read the way it was written -- with compassion and an open mind." -- Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't "Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal823/.92

SynopsisIn this beautiful and brutal debut novel, the new South Africa comes to life with its violent history, as Eva van Rensburg confronts her dying father with a terrible secret from her childhood., Ten years after leaving South Africa, Eva van Rensburg returns to her dying father, a violent stuttering man whose terrible secret Eva has kept since she was a child, and to Skinner's Drift, the family farm, a tough stretch of land on the Limpopo River where jackals and leopards still roam. In this beautiful, brave, and extraordinarily moving first novel, Lisa Fugard paints a haunting portrait of a young woman coming to terms with her family's violent past as her homeland, South Africa, confronts its own bloody history. Fugard moves with extraordinary agility between intimate and revelatory domestic scenes and the fiercely challenging land, "like the ravaged hide of some ancient beast." This is a powerful story from a stunning new writer.