Shadow Play
โ Scribed by Gerald Kraak
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Year
- 2018;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1431425087
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Shadow Play is a powerful novel of subterfuge, betrayal, risk and deep bonds of friendship formed during a time of struggle and pain while a new nation, determined to rise, faces seemingly insurmountable obstacles.When confronted with his call-up papers for the apartheid army, with his fellow student activists either scattered or in jail, Matthew chooses exile in Europe. In Amsterdam, he reconnects with his friend Oliver, who is studying music there. As he falls into a different rhythm of life, as contented as he is in a loving relationship and a job in a music store, the pull of his homeland never leaves him. When he receives an unexpected call from a former activist comrade, he makes a decision that will put at risk everything he has built in his new life. And when he meets Mandla for the first time, he knows there will be no going back.In the deceptive ease and heady freedom of a cosmopolitan city, where liberal attitudes of Amsterdammers towards politics and sexuality are...
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