October [electronic resource]
Wicomb, Zoe2014
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Poised between her life in Scotland and her life in South Africa, she recollects the past with a keen sense of irony as she searches for some idea of home. In Scotland, her life feels unfamiliar; her apartment sits empty. In South Africa, her only brother is a shell of his former self, pushing her away. And yet in both places she is needed, if only she could understand what for. Plumbing the emotional limbo of a woman who is isolated and torn from her roots, October is a stark and utterly compelling novel about the contemporary experience of an intelligent immigrant, adrift among her memories and facing an uncertain middle age.With this pitch-perfect story, the writer of rare brilliance” (The Scotsman) Zoë Wicombwho received one of the first Donald WindhamSandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes for lifetime achievementstands to claim her rightful place as one of the preeminent contemporary voices in international fiction.
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[Place of publication not identified] : The New Press, 2014
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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9781595589675
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English
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2759536