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Blood Orange

By Troy Blacklaws

Blood Orange

By Troy Blacklaws

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Troy Blacklaws’s follow-up to his internationally acclaimed Karoo Boy is the bittersweet tale of a South African boy coming of age during apartheid Gecko’s childhood is one of sheltered, almost magical innocence on a farm in Natal. He spends his days taking barefoot expeditions with his dogs and his nights listening to Springbok Radio, unaware of the cruel force in his life that apartheid will soon become. With the start of high school in the Cape, Gecko is thrust into a political and personal awakening that is both tragic and heartfelt. With conscription into the South African army looming over him, Gecko’s future is as uncertain as his country’s. Blood Orange evokes the absurdity, longing, and fear of growing up white in the last decades of apartheid.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
228
Release Date:
2013-04-09
Publication Date:
2013-04-09
Publisher:
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1480417807
ISBN13:
9781480417809
Weight:
328 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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