And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses Four Works |
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Author:
| Mda, Zakes |
ISBN: | 978-1-59221-278-1 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
Publisher: | Africa World Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Two very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and a child share a last loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker, and a young girl finds her missing father and her role in the political struggle. This collection of stage plays, one radio play and a cinepoem, captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist- a slow but intimate process...
More DescriptionTwo very different women meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty; an old man and a child share a last loving waltz; a cynical, disabled gangster learns humanity from a committed social worker, and a young girl finds her missing father and her role in the political struggle. This collection of stage plays, one radio play and a cinepoem, captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist- a slow but intimate process of revelation (on the part of the characters). It is a pleasurable artistic cooperation.